NTSA Put on Notice Over Matatu Sector Regulation

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🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

In a statement on Monday, September 28, MAK challenged NTSA's explanation that regulating the Matatu sector remained difficult due to a lack of clear data on investors, ownership structures and accountability.

The association questioned how the regulator could license, inspect and suspend matatu operators while it lacked information on the ownership and the control of the said PSVs.

"If the regulator admits it does not know who owns the vehicles it regulates, who controls them or who should be held accountable, then the obvious question is: what exactly has NTSA been regulating all these years?" MAK posed.

📌 What You Need to Know

In June 2026, the NTSA Director General stated that the matatu sector is difficult to regulate primarily because the industry's ownership and financial structure remain opaque and largely unknown to the regulator.

"There is no industry where the regulator does not know the investors in the sector. In the matatu industry, I don't know. That is the first problem. I don't know who the investors are or where the money comes from. I don't know whose interests they are running," Kondiwwa said during an interview on Citizen TV.

MAK has, however, challenged NTSA's argument, questioning what it described as inconsistencies in enforcement.

According to the motorists' lobby, NTSA can identify vehicle drivers and ownership details when taking action against some operators , but relaxes enforcement when other operators violate the same safety rules that are being enforced against others.

"But when other operators repeatedly violate safety rules, we are told the problem is that the Authority lacks clear data on ownership and accountability," MAK said.

The association also raised concerns about what it described as the selective enforcement of traffic and safety regulations, arguing that some dangerous practices continue to be observed on Kenyan roads.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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