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90s 'nganyas' madness: The worst rides you could imagine

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Public transport in the '90s. (Courtesy/Magaripoa)

Public transport in the '90s was the worst experience anyone would have when moving from one place to another. It was a period when ramshackles and rickety jalopies ferried people around the villages and even some areas in Nairobi.

In my village South of Nakuru-Nairobi highway, a place called Ndeiya tucked away in outskirts of Limuru, we were transported by ridiculous vehicles from second world war era to and from Limuru.

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