Ban matatus, nationalise sector or have few operators

By Mugambi Nandi

Matatus operators took their lawlessness and impunity to a new low during their protest against the new parking charges last week. I loathe matatus. I have even forgotten, if only for a moment, that there should be no levies without services. My revulsion for matatus may have something to do with the fact that ten years ago one of them hit my car and, even though I got an award of damages in court, the owner used all tricks in the jungle to get away with it. My personal woes aside, it is imperative that decisive action is taken, as a matter of extreme urgency, to rid the country of matatus. It is clear that the creation of SACCOs to run the industry has not worked.