Only bodaboda riders operating as PSV’s will be required to be registered in SACCOs.
Nairobi Traffic Commandant Joshua Omukata has clarified that those operating as couriers, employees of various companies and private motorcycle owners are exempted from joining SACCOs.
This is after a section of bodaboda riders complained that they don’t know which SACCOs to join since they operate as private entities or they are employees of various companies.
“Those who are required to join SACCOs are the riders operating motorcycles as a business, ” Omukata said.
In an interview with the Star, Omukata said that the riders misinterpreted the directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
“The directives are very clear, that all boda bodas need to enrol themselves in Saccos so that they are easily identified. We also need to restore sanity in the boda boda industry," Omukata said.
"However some are exempted but they must have a valid licence authorising them to ride a motorcycle. The motorcycle must be insured and appropriately registered and they must follow all the set traffic rules like wearing of helmets, reflector jackets and obeying traffic rules”.
On Tuesday, President Uhuru Kenyatta ordered a crackdown on all rogue boda boda operators across the country.
The Head of State also ordered that all boda boda operators be registered afresh.
The directive came after a video of a group of men assaulting a female motorist on Wangari Maathai road on March 4 went viral.
