Coast bus left Nbo today at 11 am for Mombasa and dumped passengers at Taru,'end of the journey mujisort',said the driver.'We are not allowed to travel at night'
Note that the bus' arrival time at Taru was 6.00pm.

I had to arrange alternative transport for someone who had paid 2k ex-nbo to Mombasa.
No refunds whatsover from the Bus company to take care of the remaining part of the journey.
Those with no extra cash to mombasa will have to sort themselves out from Taru.

Does it mean that the end of your outbound journey will be determined by the time the ban begins?
And is that time 6pm even if you are 30km from arriving at your destination? This doesn't make sense because small delays are inevitable.

If cargo in transit require security at night, how safe are passengers being forced to sleep in buses packed at remote shopping centres?

@ Coast Bus,why couldn't you arrange shuttle from Taru to Mombasa for your passengers who have had to pay Kes 300 extra to avoid sleeping in Taru? Is this a daily thing you subject passengers to?

pole sana. thats sad for a company that should have their customers as their number one business. I wonder how guys who travel from the Coast to far flung places like kisumu and western are making it. Do they have to sleep in nairobi and continue their journey the next morning?

As I have said before, based on previous experience, Coast bus is a big NO for me, not even if they were the only bus left. Siwes!! Pole sana @kysse.

Already discussed this Kenyan behavior of coming up with laws and decrees that sound very nice on TV but stupid when reality bites.

There is no empirical evidence that shows that traveling at night causes accidents more than having roads with potholes and compromised gov't officials.

There are accidents during the day too. Why not just ban travelling by public transport day or night and force everyone to use aeroplanes since they are safer.

I don't feel much for coast bus. After seeing their online shenanigans that is one bus I will never go with.

but at the same time, you have to wonder about a ministry that just decides that it is banning another mode of transport.....wait for it....Not banning ALL night transport

But licensing you to travel at night. Heck lets add another layer of taxation, that should save another life.

So a transport company has to have road license, certificates of good conduct, TLB, insurance, join a sacco, bribe police, bribe toll stations, then add another license for the night.

By adding another law and another license and another tax, we are surely surely finishing the idea of accidents in Kenya.

Soon and very soon, we shall have a license for seat belts.....wait for it.....they must be installed by a chinese company.

Agreed. You may wanna have a look at:

1. PSV rules unsupported by data.

2. Danger of dataless decisions.