Giant matatu Sacco splits

Kukena Travellers Shuttle Limited vehicles at the Kerugoya town stage. [Mt Kenya]

Kukena Sacco, one of the prominent players in matatu industry in Mt. Kenya has split over corruption allegations, bringing to an end one of the successful industry models that had organized members not only to have a better run matatu venture but also saved and loaned hundreds of millions of shillings. The split also threatens to trigger similar moves by other Saccos in the region, a development that may end up disrupting the industry and promoting fights among the rival Saccos.

Already, Kukena Sacco and the splinter group, Kukena Travelers Shuttle Limited, which has registered as a company rather than as a Sacco, are feuding because of allocation of space at Kerugoya Bust Park in Kirinyaga, the base of the original Kukena.