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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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