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I woke up sweaty from a dream recently. I dreamed that I found myself in a matatu and that I only realized that I did not have money to pay for my ticket. I panicked because I knew that I was going to be kicked out. I had cash for the price as everything was in my M-Pesa account.
When I wander around the world where people just go on a tour of food, coffee and sweets, I get confused when I return to Kenya.
In fact, I went to the bus podium several times while waiting for my matatu, then realized that M-Pesa could not be balanced and that the driver would not be merciful.
Next, I have to run around looking for M-Pesa kiosks to get money for the Matatu fare to help me get to my destination
Do you now understand my anxious dream?
I shared this frustration with friends in Nairobi and asked why we do not have a pre-payment system that we can use when traveling. I can dream, you see.
They said that he would never see the light of day. Money means that touts can have control over what they can charge pbadengers for and what they can cheat on matatu owners.
It is clear, then, that matatu team members' earnings seem to be one of the things that inspire the chaotic way of traveling.
The other is the mode of transportation itself. We saw how we piled up like chapati in minivans.
Where the seats were for six people, you now have 15 tight seats together for maximum profit.
Most vans are not very mobile and have no health and safety measures for pbadengers. Essentially, they are a disaster waiting to happen.
When one day we were told for being slow to get off the matatu, I asked my friends why we allow to be tortured this way.
Remember, it takes muscular strength and the greatest sense of tact to sneak between narrow aisles while being shouted by a "speed". My friends said that it is too late to try to change matatu culture; moreover, "cartels" direct the matatus.
I have long and hard examined the entire cartel mantra that is now part of our lingua franca. There is not a day going on without these cartels being mentioned as the source of all our problems.
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