How the wheels came off Kenatco’s transport dream

Minister for Co-Operatives and Marketing Paul Ngei launching Kenatco in Nairobi Feb 1965. [Courtesy]

By the 1970s, Kenatco had established itself as a giant African transport firm playing a key role in cross-border trade.

It had a fleet of over 40 trucks and 80 taxis, employing 1,000 people and another 5,000 indirectly.