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Bodaboda riders urged to prioritize safety of their customers over money

Sacco ReviewApril 3, 202503 mins

Kisii County Matatu Owners Association has called for road safety from all drivers and bodaboda riders. The Association’s Chairman Simeon Nyamwaro said that most drivers compete for money and carry excess passengers for profit making especially at this time students are closing school a practice he says leads to accidents that could be avoided. “We…

NTSA cancels 2.5M fake bodaboda licences

Sacco ReviewMay 20, 2023May 20, 202303 mins

National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) has cancelled over 2.5 million fake licenses belonging to bodaboda riders. An official from the authority stated that most of the licenses were duplicates of others done online in cahoots with cyber cafes and after realizing the syndicate, they cleaned their online system and removed them. Speaking during a national…

PSV Saccos to become coops

Sacco ReviewJuly 5, 2021July 5, 202107 mins

By Malachi Motano The State Department of Cooperatives (SDC) is in the final stages transforming passenger transport Saccos into cooperatives. The Commissioner of Cooperatives Geoffrey Njangombe, says the process is now only awaiting stakeholder’s sensitization. Draft by-laws to ensure realization of the transformation and rebranding from PSV Sacco to Trans-coop have already been published. The…

Safety training fees high for Bodaboda riders

Sacco ReviewApril 6, 2021April 6, 202105 mins

By Abdi Hussein Most of the Bodaboda riders claim they cannot raise the Sh4, 500 fee required for the nationwide safety training program training launched recently. The program sponsored by the national government in collaboration with National Transport Safety Authority (NTSA) and National youth service (NYS) is aimed to raise road safety awareness across the…