NAIROBI, Kenya Apr 21 – Nairobi County Government has designated special parking bays to be used as pick-up and drop-off points for digital taxis within Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD).
Digital taxi operators will now have an easy time in the CBD without the run-ins they have been facing with county enforcement officers when picking up and dropping off clients.
The marking of the areas was led by the Nairobi County Chief Officer for Mobility Bonface Karimi Nyamu who noted that the county government had identified the problem digital taxi operators had been experiencing in the CBD and sort to offer them a solution along the county leadership’s mantra of making Nairobi work.
“Today, our team from City Hall has been doing the exercise of marking designated areas for digital taxis, as a county, we have identified the difficulties they face when picking up or dropping off their customers in the CBD and we want to ensure that they have a conducive working environment. This city must work as our Governor Johnson Sakaja has pledged,” Nyamu said.
“We came up with this decision after wide consultations and we are positive this will be helpful to them, and their clients who at times have to hop to a near-moving vehicle on the road for fear of arrest,” he added.
In the past, the operators in the CBD faced arrest and were charged with obstruction offenses and this move by the County Government led by Governor…
