Court suspends night travel ban to hear Omtatah's case

Students board a countryside bus in Mombasa following travel difficulties after the night operations ban, January 3, 2018. /Ernest Cornel
Students board a countryside bus in Mombasa following travel difficulties after the night operations ban, January 3, 2018. /Ernest Cornel

The High Court has temporarily lifted the ban on night travel pending the hearing and determination of activist Okiya Omtatah's case.

Omtatah has challenged the ban that was effected after 36 people died in an accident on the Salgaa stretch in December last year.

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Justice Chacha Mwita suspended the ban by the NTSA in a ruling on Thursday.

The National Transport and Safety Authority and the Transport ministry said on Wednesday that the ban will be lifted in two weeks after strict regulations are implemented.

"We will lift the night travel on PSVs in two weeks. This will, however, be done selectively to operators who have complied with the regulations. We should get daily reports on performance of all vehicles," said Transport PS Paul Maringa.

Francis Meja, who is

NTSA director general,

told the committee that PSV owners must adhere to the regulations for them to be allowed to operate at night.

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