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Matatu operators defy a ban on load carriers

Matatus fitted with illegal load carriers plying along the roads within Mt kenya region where they pass unconcerned traffic Policemen daily oblivious of the dangers such overloads pose to passengers. [Munene Kamau/Standard]

Some matatu operators in Mt Kenya region have defied a ban on carriers imposed by the Government over a decade ago.

The then Transport Minister John Michuki (now deceased) declared the carriers illegal and ordered all matatu owners to remove them.

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