Matatu owners in Nairobi have been handed temporary reprieve after the court issued orders directing the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to release impounded vehicles.
Through a directive on Monday, February 3, Justice Bahati Mwamuye ordered NTSA to release the PSVs and return their confiscated registration plates pending a hearing and determination of the case. "Pending the inter partes hearing and determination of the application, a conservatory order is hereby issued directing NTSA to return all confiscated registration plates to the affected matatus and release the impounded vehicles unless they are lawfully held under a valid court order," the court order reads.
The directive came after the Nganya Association filed a case challenging the NTSA's crackdown, which was termed 'illegal'.
An image of a matatu with graffiti.
