See exclusive photos of long-awaited Nairobi BRT buses

Photo of Upcoming Nairobi BRT Buses Emerge

A photo of one of the buses to be used in Nairobi’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service has emerged.

The image of the high-capacity bus imported by the government from South Africa has been obtained by The Star.

New BRT buses

Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says that the first batch of the vehicles has already arrived in the country.

The large buses are painted yellow and dark blue and are written NaMATA on the side.

The publication says NaMATA stands for Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority.

“The first batch was 32 buses. What we are now trying to do is fast track the construction of stations and other supporting infrastructure so that as the buses come, we shall have proper infrastructure,” says CS Macharia.

“We are just contracting and it will be done very quickly… maybe one or two months to make sure we have proper support infrastructure.”

Macharia notes that the government has already set aside Sh1.2 billion for setting up of BRT supporting infrastructure.

The rollout of the BRT system is part of the government’s bid to reduce traffic congestion in the city and revamp the capital’s public transport system.

BRT-Lanes

An year ago, Macharia promised 150 high capacity buses would use the dedicated lane in two months.

At the time, Macharia promised Kenyans that they would have The BRT buses soonest as the government was in the process of procuring them buses and was in talks with matatu owners association to facilitate them to purchase more. But what happened?

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Months later in a follow-up interview, the cabinet secretary made yet another promise that 30 high capacity buses had already been ordered and would be in operation soon. Kenyans still waited!, And waited! Still no sign

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there were proposals made by The Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (Namata) to construct BRT stations along the marked superhighway as well as park and ride facilities at Ruiru, Githurai, and Kasarani, but nothing has been done until today.

In November 2018 the Infrastructure Secretary Engineer Francis Gitau said that they are still on the planning stage. Wow! from purchasing to the planning stage, what a smart backward leap! But kenyans are patiently waititng.

 

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