This archive report was first published on 8 August 2020.
On August 8, 2020, Nakuru Town East legislator David Gikaria urged Governor Lee Kinyanjui to allow matatus back into the Central Business District, citing the gradual reopening of the economy.
Gikaria argued that it was wrong to continue keeping matatus out of the CBD, especially when the national government had reopened certain sectors previously shut to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Matatu operators were evicted from the town centre in March to decongest the town in the face of coronavirus spread, but the move has negatively affected them, according to Gikaria.
"The president has given the Transport ministry the green light to reopen the country's airspace. It is in the same spirit that Kinyanjui should rethink his decision and allow matatus back into their termini," he said.
