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alustaadh
#1 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2011 8:45:37 AM
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haiyaaa..........one step forward, another backwards
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#2 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2011 9:54:42 AM
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Previously when going to the village, I would wait for at least an hour while the bus (62 seater) that traverses past my abode fills up. When the 14 seaters were deployed, that waiting time was cut to at most 15 minutes.
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kinoru
#3 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:00:41 AM
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fares will not come down anytime soon...look at this going to lets say zimmerman in a van(14) during rush hour will cost 100/- and a bus as low as 60/-
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#4 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:16:50 PM
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alustaadh wrote:
haiyaaa..........one step forward, another backwards


Actually its two steps behind.Sad
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selah
#5 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2011 1:43:59 PM
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I think the govt did the right thing I have always wanted the 14 seater phased out until my experience this weekend.Going to Nanyuki is hell during offpeak season you will stay in a mat for hrs waiting for 14 passengers now tell me if it is a bus How long will it fill up.

The 14 seater should be phased out of Nairobi but not upcountry routes..It will inconvenience all of us rural forks.
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Tommy
#6 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2011 1:59:50 PM
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alustaadh wrote:
haiyaaa..........one step forward, another backwards

This 14 seater matatus are a nuisance in the town service. They should be retained for the upcountry routes only. and i thought that this Matatu's will be phased out by the end of this year.
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mukiha
#7 Posted : Tuesday, September 27, 2011 4:52:08 PM
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Why have we come to accept that passengers MUST wait for the matatu to fill up before the journey begins?

The Nairobi Mombasa route is dominated by large buses and most of them depart at designated times. No waiting for the 50-seater thing to fill up.

what is so difficult for matatus to do the same?
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bwenyenye
#8 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:43:53 AM
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I am a bit lost here. You mean the government has resumed licencing of NEW 14 seaters?
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selah
#9 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 10:52:17 AM
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the only 14 seater Matatus that would be licensed, if I got it right, are those operating in rural and peri-urban routes.Those operating in urban centers will not be licensed/will be banned.
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bwenyenye
#10 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:19:23 PM
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any link guys?
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#11 Posted : Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:34:47 PM
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mukiha wrote:
Why have we come to accept that passengers MUST wait for the matatu to fill up before the journey begins?

The Nairobi Mombasa route is dominated by large buses and most of them depart at designated times. No waiting for the 50-seater thing to fill up.

what is so difficult for matatus to do the same?



Buses owned by large companies or rich men, serving a very busy route. Which bus company do u think will serve Londokwe n Doldol?? This move was the ultimate one, and probably, the best and most sustainable. Just ban 14 seaters in the city (Nairobi only) and problem is solved.

It is ridiculous and insane to even imagine a whole bus serving Gatunyu, Tangulbei or Suguta Marmar. The USA and European cities have THOUSANDS OF CABS/TAXIS plying their roads, ferrying 1 or 2 pax! Lest we forget.
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jguru
#12 Posted : Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:31:47 PM
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But the 14 seater matatus for peri-urban and urban areas will still enter the city of Nairobi to drop off and pick off passengers, right? So we will still have 14 seater matatus on the roads of Nairobi.
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