Chaos on the road invites the government to regulate itself

Curious onlookers mill around the shell of a matatu that was set ablaze by boda boda operators after it hit a rider along Thika Super highway, Nairobi. [File, Standard]

A country’s behaviour on its roads says a lot about the people. The emerging tug-of-war between matatu transport sector and the erratic motorbike system speaks to a bigger infrastructural cultural definition of who Kenyans are.  

A section of the matatu industry is protesting runaway motorbike chaos. Yet is this the perfect case of the pot calling the kettle black?