Shocking details why “Michuki rule” was bound to fail

The hyped “Michuki rules”  that left many commuters in Nairobi stranded for the past two days has been called off after a meeting between matatu operators and Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet.

Do you think matatu industry is runned by cartels who want to sabotage the “Michuki rules”?

This comes after two days of suffering when an intensified clampdown on matatus in Nairobi that netted close to 1,000 vehicles ahead of the November 12 deadline .

The decision was made after the matatu operators presented their grievances to Inspector-General of Police Joseph Kipchirchir Boinnet.

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“We talked to the police chief and he agreed to suspend the crackdown. We all agreed that commuters were suffering for mistakes of others,” Matatu Owners Association chairman Simon Kimutai said yesterday evening.

He added that the strike by matatu operators to protest the seizure of their vehicles was called off to give room for negotiations.

“We needed to engage the government to understand what the rules were all about ,adding that, there was conflicting information from some arms of government, with the Interior Ministry insisting on the November 12 deadline,” Kimutai added.

Matatu Welfare Association chairman Dickson Mbugua said an organization of six associations called the Federation of Public Transport Sector held talks with Mr Boinnet to reach a compromise.

“Traffic Police had sought help from Administration Police officers, the General Service Unit and other law enforcers and they were impounding new vehicles that are road-compliant,” Mr Mbugua said.

The matatu operators further attributed the indiscipline witnessed on roads to unfair competition from non-compliant vehicles including private cars that are operating commercially.

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