The Kenyan Government has stated that the ongoing statewide road traffic crackdown on Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), personal automobiles, and other commercial vehicles has been halted.
By facilitating business and people’s travel, the government recognised that the transportation sector is a vital aspect of the country’s transportation sector.
This prompted the postponement of the public transportation strike, which was supposed to commence on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the National Police Service (NPS) on Wednesday.
“The public transport strike that was scheduled to commence today 16th March 2022 is hereby suspended. The ongoing multi-agency crack down on non-compliant public transport vehicles has been suspended.
“It was further agreed that the federation of public transport will be represented in future multi-agency operations,” police spokesperson Bruno Shioso said.
The traffic crackdown began on February 28 and targeted individuals with unrestricted licence plates as well as vehicles with foreign plates but no foreign motor vehicle licences.
Drivers of taxi cars such as the Voxy, Sienta, and Probox types were also targeted, as were operators of unlawful Public Service Vehicles (PSVs), ‘usiku sacco’ operators, and drivers of illegal PSVs.
