Machakos Country Bus Terminus is
considered among the busiest bus termini in Nairobi. It is Located along
Landhies road opposite Muthurwa bus terminus. The bus stage is used by people traveling
upcountry more especially, to the Eastern, Western and Northern Parts of the
Country.
Being busy attracts all sorts of incidences
both good and bad, but in most cases the bad ones prevail more than the good
ones. As a way of giving you information on different locations, this is keep you alert while in such places. There are many told stories about machakos country bus stage and this
mostly happens during the festive season.
The festive season comes in the month of December and at times during
Easter Holidays when the city residents are traveling to be with their
relatives in the village. It is evident
that it is during this time that people in Nairobi get enough time to join
their other relatives upcountry.
During the festive season the number of
people traveling upcountry is quite high compared to other seasons and it
eventually attracts struggle for matatus as they become limited. The thugs and robbers take advantage of the
situation and confuse the already stressed minds of commuters. At the bus terminus, there are guys who claim
to be matatu touts or conductors who volunteer to help the commuter carry their
luggage as they direct them to board a bus. It is true that some of them are genuine and
would like to help but a few could be robbers.
Commuters with luggage more especially
those with more than one luggage easily fall into prey. As different touts from different buses scramble
for a commuter, they always go for the luggage to be able to win the commuter
as they negotiate. In case they manage
to get the luggage they will go ahead and take it to their buses and therefore
the commuter has no choice but to follow to know where the luggage is being
taken to. In most cases the commuter may
have not mastered their faces because everything happens so fast. They usually move so fast and if not keen they
just disappear from passenger’s sight and he/she may not grasp what went
on. The passenger is left stranded and
more confused not knowing what to do.
Most likely, the genuine touts may have
taken the luggage to the matatu they work for. On some occasions the luggage could have been
taken to two different buses and once the luggage is in the bus they forget
about the commuter and go looking for more people, meaning it will be hard for
the commuter to trace her luggage. In
cases where the touts were robbers, they definitely may have disappeared with the
luggage.
Long distance buses have boots or
carriers where luggage is kept. As the
buses leave the city there are those people who alight on the way before the
destination of the bus and as a result of this, passengers may also loose their
luggage on the way. What happens is that
when a passenger with a luggage alights, the conductor/tout might offload someone
else luggage either by mistake or intentionally. Therefore the passengers are advised to be
watchful not to leave their luggage behind.
At times the commuter may assume that
since they saw their luggage being loaded at the bus terminus, it should be
safe until they reach their destination not knowing it could have been left at
the same spot (at the terminus in the city). This happens whereby, once the
passenger gets into the bus the luggage is offloaded without her/his
knowledge.
Machakos country bus stage is a beehive
of so many activities and when traveling with small children commuters are
advised to be very attentive not to loose them because of the fuss at the bus
terminus. Information on different locations help us arrive safe at our intended destinations.
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