NAIROBI,Kenya,Mar, 10 -Police nationwide continue to conduct an operation on bodaboda operators flouting traffic rules amidst calls for reforms within the sector.
The nationwide crackdown comes days after a video went viral showing several bodaboda riders sexually assaulting a female motorist in Parklands area in Nairobi county.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i will be touring the coast region Thursday in a move to sensitize for sanity within the sector.
The CS along other senior security officials will be relaying new government directives to the operators with president Uhuru Kenyatta recently saying that reforms are inevitable and that rogue operators will be deregistered and prosecuted.
Matiang’i on Wednesday said that all boda boda operators in the country will have to register with a recognized Sacco and obtain a smart rider’s license within 60 days in the latest effort to instill order in the sector.
He further announced that the government has waived the license fees and directed Huduma centers to set up special desks for Boda Boda to enable the nearly 2.4 million riders obtain the document within the period.
“His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta has waived the Sh5,800 registration fees. From 21st of this month, NTSA will begin the process of registering and issuing smart riders’ license to boda boda riders from all our 52 Huduma Centers,” he said.
Within the next seven days, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) will set up a dedicated desk at every Huduma Center to fast-track the process, the CS said.
He was speaking during a meeting with representatives of the Boda Boda Association of Kenya in Nairobi led by the national chair Kevin Mubadi and at the Kenyatta International Conference Center.
A joint inter-ministerial committee comprising Principal Secretaries for Interior, Transport, ICT, and Cooperatives will oversee the implementation of the new directives.
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