Author: By Flavier Momanyi

Viola Nekesa (L) and the Rongai matatu christened “Audiophile” (R) [Facebook] The Nairobi ‘matatu’ industry is notorious for its unforgiving chaos. It is a scene of theatrics, sometimes life-threatening, where passengers are often left to their own devices amid the ‘vrooming’ turbulence. Barely a month ago, a passenger riding a Super Metro ‘matatu’ tragically died after allegedly being pushed from the moving vehicle. However, in a complete contrast to this tragic incident, a Friday evening act by a matatu crew saved a woman’s life after a near death experience. She lived to tell the story. One moment, she was riding home;…

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