Transport in Nyeri and Murang’a was paralysed as matatu operators threatened a strike over fuel prices, triggering closures, stranded commuters and heightened security operations.

The roughly 36-hour-long fuel protests by Matatu operators at the start of this week has exposed the long-term costs of corruption and ineptitude in government.

Transport in Nyeri and Murang’a was paralysed as matatu operators threatened a strike over fuel prices, triggering closures, stranded commuters and heightened security operations.

The fuel strike highlighted Kenya’s fragile transport system, rising energy pressures and the urgent need for mass transit and fuel reserves.

Matatu unions have urged the government to include drivers and conductors in fuel crisis talks, warning that rising costs are pushing transport workers into financial hardship.