BODA BODA CONCEPT - PUBLIC SERVICE MOTORCYCLES

A very good concept, as it is cheap, efficient and go places where taxis and Matatus can not reach, but many safety issues. If not regulated, it is a time bomb. I have witnessed the following:

1. Carrying more than one passenger
2. They don't wear safety Helmets
3. Ferrying building Irons sheets
4. Overtaking on the right side
5. Most operators don't have driving licences
6. Very many accidents.. some hospital have two wards full of boda boda accident victims
7. In some towns, they operate as cartels. They cause an accident, even if they are on the wrong, they call all there colleagues, block you from all sides and start harrassing the motorist. witnessed this in Kisii where most operators are Sungu Sungu members( equivalent of Mungiki)

and the list continues

There is a likelihood that it is killing more people than AIDS

Was in Mombasa sometime back, o arrival at the booking office of one of the bus companies, there were so many tuk tuks waiting to pick customer.. and the sound polution is bad.. it is like a number of small generators competing

Quite a number of hospitals have wards named after a popular cycle brand(TVS)

@ Kensaf,

You forgot to add that the cheap Chinese motorcycles being sold are not meant for business leave alone bodaboda business. I saw parts of one that had been involved in an accident, I only knew it was a motorcycle because an eye witness told us, the wheels had not been found when I was leaving the scene.

All I can think about is how much mula Car & General must be making.

#NSE

For those who have worked in this field,Is this job (Boda Boda) really profitable? I mean if I buy one motor bike and assign it to a driver (who they say) will be bringing 400 per day. Any advise on this?