Operators say they have no option but to hike fares to stay afloat. Meru’s Luxury Shuttle says it will not follow suit as Kenyans are hurting.
Londiani junction, along the Nakuru-Kericho highway, where 53 people lost their lives, is a known accident blackspot.
Operators along the Eldoret-Kapsabet route have increased fare from Sh200 to Sh250. Some passengers now prefer walking as opposed to boarding motorbikes.
Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition leaders and think tanks were on Thursday crafting strategies to ensure the fresh wave of mass protests that kick off today, are a success.
Azimio rally: Police lob teargas to disperse crowds in Mombasa, Migori, Kisumu towns and along Thika Road in Nairobi; protesters had barricaded roads.
In Mount Kenya, former Laikipia Governor Ndiriitu Muriithi was arrested for leading a protest against the high cost of living in Nyahururu.
Traders along the Nakuru-Kapsabet highway crowd the Soko Mjinga market, oblivious of the risks. This is despite the recent killing of 53 people in a road accident at Londiani Junction.
Businesses remained at a standstill in major towns as youths barricaded roads and engaged police in running battles.
Ndiritu Muriithi and three other leaders held in Nyahururu despite notifying police. Police and protestors clash for hours in Nakuru town as PSV operators divert vehicles.
Two people shot dead, three nursing gunshot wounds after Azimio protests. Police accused of using excessive force in responding to demonstrations across region.
Local leaders have called on residents not to attend President Ruto's functions when the Head of State tours the region this weekend.
President Ruto expected in Homa Bay on Saturday for Interior PS homecoming. Region is regarded as Azimio leader Raila Odinga’s traditional base.
A Form Three student who had been sent home for fees among those killed in Migori. At least 40 people hospitalised in Nyanza region with gun, arrow and stab wounds.
More than 100 protesters arrested during demonstrations over the rising cost of living were remanded as police released others unconditionally.
An uneasy calm has returned in Sondu town, along the border of Kisumu and Kericho counties after two days of violent clashes that left two dead and scores nursing arrow wounds.
Raila suspended plans for a roadshow at Kadel centre a few kilometers from where the president was attending the PS’s homecoming and left his ODM lieutenants to address a rally in Kisumu.
The members of the business community said the planned protests are recipe for chaos and destruction of property
In Nyamasaria, Kisumu, one person was shot dead when the protests turned deadly.
Many matatu saccos parked their vehicles in petrol stations and in yards, unsure of how the day would unfold.
Over 15 police manned roadblocks were mounted from Kenol in Murang'a to all the way to Timau in Meru.
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