End of an era as Double M buses face auctioneer's hammer

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Express Connections Bus Services, the company which owns the famed Double M buses, will go under the hammer. Yesterday, Philips International Auctioneers advertised for the auction the property owned by the company to recover a bank loan of an undisclosed amount. . Th...
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By Dominic Omondi | 1 hour ago

End of an era as Double M buses face auctioneer's hammer

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