Can Sonko tame the raging matatu cartels?

Pulbic Service Vehicles (Matatus) block entrances of various shops along Nairobi's Luthuli Avenue. The traders owning the shops have consistently complained to the County Government of poor business and insecurity but nothing has changed. [Photo/Elvis Ogina (Nairobi July 2nd,2016]

Governor Mike Sonko’s about turn on the matatu crackdown in the city, is a boon to cartels running the capital’s transport system.

A former matatu operator and chair of Eastlands Matatu Operators Association, the governor has found himself in a spot where he has to implement rules he once went to court to fight and won.