Hard questions we should ask of NASA’s boycott call

Senator Ledama Olekina(Third left), Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi, Nairobi women representative Esther Passaris, Mbita MP Millie Odhiambo and Edwin Sifuna (right), address a press conference on 3rd November 2017 at Okoa Kenya office in Lavington, Nairobi. Nasa urge their supporters to resist Safaricom, Bidco, Brookside and other products. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard].

Sometimes ago, matatus went on strike in Nairobi. What followed was a big traffic jam. We realised matatus are not the primary cause of traffic jams despite their affinity to disregard traffic rules. It is private cars.

With matatus on strike, everyone who owned a car placed it on the road. That gave us a possible solution to traffic jams, high occupancy buses. The government attempted unsuccessfully to remove “Nissan” matatus from the road and replace them with bigger buses. By the way, there are Toyota and other brands of matatus, but Nissan pioneered the 14-seater type.