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Matatu operators protest against new tax on fuel as some hike fares

Motorists and residents of Nakuru demonstrate along Kanu street in Nakuru town yesterday. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Transport was yesterday paralysed in various parts of the country as operators in the public transport sector protested implementation of the new fuel levies.

In Nakuru town, matatus, taxis and boda boda operators poured into the streets with empty vehicles, which they used to barricade several roads.

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