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How matatus are still flouting laws in broad daylight

A Probox taxi on the Keumbu-Nyamache road in Kisii in the past. Operators are now using back roads to escape the ongoing traffic crackdown. [File]

It is still business as usual for matatu operators in the region even as police intensify their crackdown to enforce traffic rules.

A number of public service vehicles (PSVs) have yet to secure permits from the Transport Licensing Board, their drivers and conductors are still not wearing the mandated uniforms, and they continue to overload passengers in their vehicles.

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