Matatu in Nairobi CBD. [Photo/the-star.co.ke]
The Nairobi County Government has maintained that it will go ahead with plans to bar public service vehicles (PSVs) from operating within the central business district (CBD) starting January.
All upcountry PSVs will have to terminate their journey outside the CBD starting January 2, 2018 while matatu saccos that operate within Nairobi will not be allowed to park in the city centre.
“If you have 200 vehicles and you have nowhere to park them, you better buy a piece of land to park your vehicles. There are some who have already bought a piece of land. If you don’t have a place to park then you should create a marshalling system where you call a matatu for pick and drop,” said Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe.
“I will be meeting all the stakeholders to agree on this. We are not going to debate it because the debate was held on August 8, we wrote it in our manifesto that we are going to make Nairobi a congestion free area. We cannot be a country where we debate things forever and delay implementation of issues”.
This isn't the first time Nairobi's new city fathers have vowed to ban PSVs from operating within the central business district.