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Not yet uhuru, but organised public transport could kill matatus

Matatu Owners Association claim the earliest BRT will become a reality is 2022. [File, Standard]

Kenyans are sceptical people. But beneath their amusement and scepticism lay a distant glimmer of hope that the reign of a chaotic public transport could come to an end when a lane was dedicated for high-capacity express buses on the Thika Superhighway two years ago.

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