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Can't tame, can't ride them? Bin them

One of Kenya's emblems of endurance, stubbornness, innovativeness and anomie is finally destined for extinction.

For as long as anyone can remember, the matatu has been there. It revolutionised public transport, shuffling millions of Kenyan doctors, nurses, lawyers, public administrators, journalists and all from home to work and town to rural centres everyday.

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