Nakuru Deputy governor Dr. Erick Korir during the launch ofMololine cashless payment system. [Photo: Suleiman Mbatiah]Nakuru county government has embarked on a program to dicongest the Central Business District.Deputy goveror Dr Erick Kori said this is top on the agenda as the county gears towards achieving the status of city.
He added that land use, transportation and infrastructure across the sub-counties are some of the key areas the County Government of Nakuru is putting into much consideration.
“The county is looking for suitable land to build termini to ease the matatu pressure from the cbd,” said Dr Korir.
According to the DG,the proposed location would not be far from the CBD with much consideration on security and ease of movement of the passengers.
He spoke on Friday when he officiated the launch of cashless fare payment system by Mololine Services.The switch is in compliance with a 2015 directive by NTSA on cashless payment, that players in the transport industry said has helped weed off corruption.Through the Safari Card passengers will earn points whenever they make payments that would eventually warrant the holder a free travel.The function was also attended by Lands, Housing and Physical Planning CEC Eng Lucy Kariuki, who is also the acting Infrastructure CEC and lauded the transport company for the initiative.On his part Mololine Chairman, Mr Njoroge Kariuki alias Bumasu said Mpesa and cash payments methods were still in place."We will see if we can lower the fare for card users to encourage our customers to switch," he said as he advised matatu owners to comply when time to decongest the town comes.