Matatus still make economic sense in age of social media

Perfect competition defines the matatu industry. Private car owners should take matatus occasionally to reconnect with reality. [PHOTO: FILE/ STANDARD]

NAIROBI: Two things are authentically Kenyan: matatus and nyama choma. We will leave choma for now until around fast-approaching Christmas.

Photos of Nairobi in the early 1960s show parked double-decker buses whose shapes closely resembled a loaf of bread. In the early 1970s, matatus became the dominant means of transport; they ran off Nyayo Bus and Stagecoach.