A new era beckons as matatu set to undergo radical makeover

From today, a ride in the dreaded matatu will be different. A National Transport and Safety Authority notice that seeks to standardise the body structure for all Public Service Vehicles takes effect today in what is broadly referred to as KS 372.

With reported deaths of at least 3,000 a year caused mostly by public transporters, the new move by the National Transport and Safety Authority provides one way of ending this wanton carnage.