With public service vehicles kept off the roads and bus fares doubled, thousands of Kenyans were forced to walk long distances to work while others stayed home and lost income.

Transport operators across Kenya have announced a nationwide shutdown, citing rising fuel prices, heavy taxation, and unsustainable operating costs.

Protests erupted on Monday in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as a nationwide public transport strike over rising fuel prices paralysed movement and left commuters stranded across the…

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya |

The disruption also affected the education sector, with several private schools sending notices to parents announcing the postponement of Monday classes.

Thousands of commuters were stranded across Kenya after PSV operators launched a nationwide strike over soaring fuel prices.

As of 8:39 am, there was a heavy police presence at Kayole Junction along Kangundo Road.

Protests have erupted in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, as a nationwide public transport strike kicked off in protest at rising fuel prices.

Matatu protests: Most schools postpone Monday classes as roads in Nairobi and other major towns remain unusually clear, with PSVs staying off the roads.

The nationwide public transport vehicles strike has paralysed transport along the usually busy Thika Superhighway.

Transporters in Nairobi—including ride-hailing drivers, public transport operators, and long-distance truckers—began a strike on Monday.

Kenya’s major highways and urban roads were turned into smoke, chaos and confusion on Monday as a nationwide matatu strike.

The nationwide transport sector strike over fuel increase has caused chaos in Nairobi CBD

Hundreds of Kenyans improvised difficult and at times dangerous ways to reach work on Monday after a nationwide matatu strike brought public transport to a standstill.

Commuters were stranded and businesses disrupted as anger over rising fuel costs spilled onto Kenya’s roads.

Kenya’s transport strike over soaring fuel prices crippled Nairobi, stranded commuters and raised fears of wider supply-chain disruption across East Africa

Transport was paralysed nationwide as fuel price protests disrupted matatu operations, blocked major roads and triggered fare hikes, with reports of insecurity and stranded…

A nationwide PSV strike over soaring fuel prices paralysed transport in Nairobi, forcing thousands of commuters to walk to work amid chaos, fare hikes and clashes between…

Transporters' strike over rising fuel prices grinds the country to a halt.

Nairobi’s Central Business District remained paralysed for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the nationwide matatu and motorists’ protests over soaring fuel prices.

Shops remained closed and matatus parked as commuters were forced to walk on day two of the national matatu strike, in retaliation to the recent hike in fuel prices.