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Why end of Nairobi traffic chaos is nowhere in sight

Traffic jam along Nairoib's Uhuru Higway and Haille Sellasie Avenue junction in Nairobi Kenya taken on November 25, 2015. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Thousands of Nairobi commuters and motorists last Monday suffered one of the worst days in the city’s routine traffic jams as Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko banned matatus from the Central Business District (CBD).

The ban that caught the city residents unawares was rescinded 24 hours later following a public outcry but not without huge cost in lost man-hours, fuel and fatigue for Nairobi residents.

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