Matatu operators operating along Ngong- Nairobi route on Wednesday protested over brutality and extortion from city council officers.
This led to commuters plying the route were left stranded for the better part of the day.
The operators used their vehicles to block the road demanding the release of one of their colleagues who was allegedly arrested and remanded at central police station.
"We will not clear this road until JM is released from Central Police Station. Why have they taken him to the station and refused to release him? We have continually been harassed by city council officers. This practice has to stop," said one of the Matatu operators.
It is not the first time business persons are complaining about the brutality from the City Council officers and there was an investigative story on KTN that revealed how traders face brutality from the City Council officials.