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Matatu operators threaten to go on strike over speed governor

Officials of matatu owners in the Mt Kenya region speaking to the press on Wednesday. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

Matatu owners in the Mt Kenya region have threatened to paralyse business to protest a government directive requiring them to install new speed governors into their vehicles.

They want the National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) to rescind the directive saying it is costly to install the new types of speed governors in their motor vehicles and remove the
ones earlier recommended.

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