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Time ripe for Kenya to adopt electric cars

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The timing has never been more right for the introduction of electricity-powered vehicles in Kenya. This move is geared...

How to save money on transport in Nairobi

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Transport is one of the biggest expenses anyone living in Nairobi incurs.  With the current economy, it's important device...

Removing roadblocks will make transport efficient

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A few months ago the Inspector General (IG) of Police announced that police roadblocks across Kenya would be removed, and this was...

Transport paralysed in Bomet as fuel shortage bites

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Motorists have for the last three days been stranded in Bomet County following an acute shortage of petroleum products.  

We have not quit Kenya -Uganda SGR deal - Minister

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Uganda has denied media reports that it has dropped plans for the Standard Gauge Railway running from the border town of Malaba to its...

State mulls reviving commuter trains over costly BRT, says CS Macharia

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The government has embarked on a plan to reintroduce a vibrant commuter train services within the city, Transport CS James Macharia said on Tuesday. The CS...

Cash hitch dims hope for rapid bus transport system

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The much-hyped Nairobi Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT) project appears to have gone cold with no budgetary allocation to develop accompanying infrastructure. The deafening silence...

Fuel and transport prices push inflation to a 10-month high

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Kenya's rate of inflation shot up to 5.71 per cent in September up from 4.04 per cent in August. The rise is as a result of...

Busia matatu operators, traders protest over bad roads

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Transport in Busia Town was disrupted for more than one hour Monday as matatu operators held a demonstration to protest the deplorable condition of...

Share-a-ride app takes its war to taxis, private firms

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A vicious battle for control of the lucrative private transport business could heat up in the coming days after Uber, the share-a-ride company, takes...

Blocking Roundabouts Not the Answer to Jams

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The flip-flop experiment by the Nairobi county government to rid the city of traffic jams has come a cropper. The county transport department in...

Wearable Tech to ‘Boda Bodas’

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Kenya’s boda bodas' have become an identifying feature of the country’s chaotic transport system. For many, the motorcycle taxis, which originated in Kenya’s rural areas...

Thousands of drivers to lose there Driving Licences

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Tens of thousands of Kenyan drivers are set to lose their driving licences once the Government effects the mandatory re-testing starting next year. The...

13 passengers die, scores injured as bus overturns

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Thirteen people died in a road accident in Kitui County when the bus they were travelling in rolled 15 kilometres from Mwingi town along...

Cars and Environment

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Judging from the traffic grid locks that are synonymous with major cities it is becoming increasingly clear that cars have become..