Two rival groups at the Kisumu bus terminus on Monday differed on a directive by the National Transport and Safety Authority banning use of private vehicles to ferry passengers to Nairobi.
A group supporting the ban issued last week went to enforce the order at a petrol station next to the bus terminus where private vehicles pick passengers.
Another group who are against the ban confronted them and a fight broke out forcing police officers to intervene.
Mr Fredrick Oyoo explained that the private vehicles are not public service vehicles and should, therefore, not be allowed to operate.
Oyoo said PSVs plying the Nairobi route are fully compliant and wondered why private vehicles are allowed to operate against the law.
“We have sought the assistance of the authorities and NTSA has come to our aid yet no action is being taken by the police,” he lamented.
John Ojwang, who operates the private vehicles, defended their operations noting that they are fully compliant.
Ojwang asked for a space far away from the bus terminus to allow them continue with their businesses.
“We met all the requirements and what we want is a space away from the bus terminus to end this wrangling for passengers,” he said.
The tussle has been over the passengers since PSV operators feel the private vehicles are robbing them their clients.
Last week, NTSA deputy director of road safety Mathew Munyao visited Bus Park and warned members of the public against using private vehicles to travel to Nairobi.
Munyao accused the vehicle owners for obtaining licenses and public service insurance either posing as tours and travel or taxis then revert to ferrying passengers to Nairobi.