Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has been summoned to appear in court to explain why he disobeyed the court order on Matatus moving to the Greenpark Terminus.
Justice Hedwig Ong’udi issued the summons this afternoon.
He stated that even after issuing an order stopping the implementation of the move, the county still went ahead and implemented the move.
The court has equally extended the order and suspended the county public notice for relocation of picking and dropping points from CBD to Green Park.
The companies affected are the ones offering transport services to Nyanza, Western, North Rift, South Rift, and Central Rift.
In the case, the matatu Saccos had moved to court seeking to stop the move to green park terminus arguing that the directive was illegal.
They include North Rift Luxury Shuttle, Madaraka Prestige, Transline, Great Rift Shuttle, Legacy Luxury, Kina 2015 Classic, Sasaline Classic Shuttle, Blue line, Team Swat and Transliner Galaxy moved to court challenging Sakaja's directive.
Through Lawyer Wycliffe Omayio, they claim that on November 18 Sakaja informed them that they will move from their current locations to the new terminus beginning December 1.
Omayio said the decision was discriminatory and it was arrived at while excluding his clients' arch-rivals, especially now when the festive season is at its peak for the matatu industry.
“This will expose the said matatu Saccos to huge losses, besides astronomically inconveniencing long-distance travellers who predominantly travel with fairly large luggage,” reads court documents
Two weeks ago, the court issued order blocking the movement of matatu to Green Park Bus terminus.
