Commuters were stranded when matatu operators in Narok town boycotted work, paralysing transport services along the Narok-Mai Mahiu-Bomet road on Saturday. The operators were protesting against the new traffic laws that came into effect on Saturday. Led by Narok Line Transport Shuttle manager Robert Taga, they decried the huge fines imposed by the Act. “We have started a one million-signature petition calling for the redrafting of the law,” he said. Taga said Transport minister Amos Kimunya ignored the matatu sector, a major shareholder, in the drafting of the law...
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