Menacing knife-wielding gangs posing as touts have taken over some matatu stages along several routes in Mombasa County, as the chaotic scenes that characterised the industry before the 2004 famous Michuki rules slowly creep back.
The chaos in Mombasa has been exacerbated by the rapid growth of motorised rickshaws or tuk tuks and motorcycle taxis, commonly known as boda boda.