How city matatu crew saved woman's life in emergency

Viola Nekesa (L) and the Rongai matatu christened "Audiophile" (R) [Facebook]

The Nairobi ‘matatu’ industry is notorious for its unforgiving chaos. It is a scene of theatrics, sometimes life-threatening, where passengers are often left to their own devices amid the ‘vrooming’ turbulence.

Barely a month ago, a passenger riding a Super Metro ‘matatu’ tragically died after allegedly being pushed from the moving vehicle. However, in a complete contrast to this tragic incident, a Friday evening act by a matatu crew saved a woman’s life after a near death experience. She lived to tell the story. One moment, she was riding home; the next, she gained consciousness in a medical emergency bed, with the ‘matatu’ tout standing by her side like the Biblical Good Samaritan.