It will soon be an offence to operate motorcycles popularly known as boda boda at the centre of any town within Kenya. The National Transport and Safety Authority NTSA has proposed regulations that if passed will also restrict the operating time for boda bodas to between 5am and 11pm.
“No boda boda shall operate within the Centre of Business District (CBD) of any city or town centre of any town. The relevant County Transport and Safety Committee shall designate the areas of operation” the regulations read. The regulations also ban boda boda passengers form sitting side ways saying all passengers will be required “to sit astride in the fixed seat behind the rider’s seat”.
An earlier attempt by the Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo to restrict operations in Nairobi to between 6am and 6pm have not borne fruit. Kimaiyo had taken the action as a way of containing rising cases of motorcycles being used in criminal activities at night. The draft regulations were released to the public Wednesday to make their input before they are gazetted and implemented
If passed, the regulations will override an attempt by a Kisumu County Ward Representative to introduce a law requiring women boda boda passenger in the county to only sit sideways.Kisumu North Ward representative Caroline Owen had proposed that women in Kisumu County should not to sit astride while riding boda boda claiming that the sitting position was uncultured and deprived women of respect because they ‘expose their bodies to men’.
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