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Travellers feel pinch of hiked fares

Passengers stranded at North Rift stage waiting for vehicles to travel to Western for Christmas festivities on December 22, 2020. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

When Winnie Kahenya got time off from work on Tuesday, she was elated at the thought of travelling upcountry to be with her extended family.

Bag in hand, shopping and a few essentials packed for the two weeks she would be staying in Njoro, Nakuru County, on Wednesday she headed to Nyamakima bus stage in the city where she was to book a ticket home aboard express Nissan shuttles.

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