THE BIGGEST EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF SPORT

Do you want to know the ideal place to be on May 2^nd 2015?  The biggest event in the history of sport has attracted fans from all over the world and we are eagerly waiting to see the two most marketable mainstream stars of recent times battle it out for unified welterweight championship on May 2^nd 2015 at Las Vegas MGM grand Garden Arena.  The showdown is assumed to be the richest in boxing history.  As they will be exchanging punches and throws, it will be a defining moment for these two best fighters in the world and their fans too because we will eventually get to know the king of the era. So, if you need to travel, plan early enough.

TRAFFIC IN NAIROBI

I know it is quite a nightmare to most city residents; most of them wake up very early to avoid the monster and not forgetting school children being woken up in weird hours of the morning which is not good for them.  However, different scholars have come up with different ways on how to get rid of the  monster but it seems it is going to take quite a long time before that is done.

COMMUTER FARES

Public transit system is a very lucrative business, it is a business where you can either get a lot of money or loose a lot depending on how the business is being run.  On normal occasions, the commuter fares differ depending on the time one is leaving the house or leaving town i.e. off peak and on peak.  The on peak charges are high because of traffic jam and also because most passengers are heading to one direction. Thus, meaning that on their trip back they might not get enough commuters on the way.

THE SCHOOL FOR VULGAR LANGUAGE

Has someone ever said something and you look at them and wonder how such a word could have come out of their mouth, but then deep inside you tell yourself people were brought up differently and there are those with no limits when talking.

THE KILLER RIDE

It cannot be denied that boda bodas have some advantages, as they are convenient and they have provided jobs to thousands of youths. However these benefits have blinded us from the big picture which is that if not controlled, hospitals will continue to be filled with accident victims and the traffic situation will get out of hand.

MATATUS IN NAIROBI

A vast majority of people in Kenya rely mainly on matatus to get around.  Matatus are public service vehicles of varied sizes and usually painted in different colours and slogans.  Seating between 14 and over 40 people they carry different people as they go and come from work each day as well as those traveling to different parts of the country.

HANDCART PUSHERS

As rain pounds in different parts of the country it always comes with a lot of blessings like good harvests.  Fresh produce from the farms will always find their way to the city and to city residents shopping baskets as they are very essential in our day to day life.   Handcarts in Nairobi are majorly used to transport fresh produce for traders around the city suburbs though they are also used for carrying other goods like bales of clothes, furniture, etc, to various destinations.

THE BODA BODAS

From Nairobi City through to the remote village you can always see a boda boda (motorcycle/bicycle) rider standing and waiting for customers at places.  The boda bodas have spread slowly but steadily from Ugandan-Kenyan border to other regions and boda boda organizations have been founded in many towns. The spread could be due to unemployment as the youth are venturing into other means of sustaining themselves and the boda boda business doesn’t need much funds to start.

TECHNOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN THE TRANSPORT SECTOR - CCTV Cameras in Matatus

Technological evolution in the transport sector has been linked with the phrases of economic development of the world.  One of the pitfalls in discussing future trends resides at looking at the future as an extrapolation of the past.  A few years ago matatus (public service vehicles) with a screen playing music videos of different genres were seen as very trendy and fashionable and passengers always preferred to board them and be part of the movement.  As technology is constantly changing, public service vehicles have moved a notch higher from just having screens to being fitted with state of the art speakers, Wi-Fi servers and most recently CCTV(Closed Circuit Television) cameras and GPS (Global Positioning System) trackers.

NAIROBI MATATU MADNESS

HIKING OF COMMUTER FARES
Budgeting for fare in Nairobi can be quite a challenge.  Usually a city resident will always have to factor in fluctuations in commuter fares. In Nairobi one can never be sure whether what they paid in the morning going to work is the same fare they will pay coming back home.

TRAFFIC JAM IN THE CITY

For a very long time Nairobi has been characterized with huge traffic jam that takes quite sometime to clear up.  Traffic in Nairobi is usually heavy in the morning hours when people are going to work and in the evenings when people are retiring from work. 

Some passengers prefer using matatus that have music in them. In this case they will listen to music to ease up stress and boredom that come up as a result of long hours on the road as they head to various destinations.  

CASHLESS TRANSPORT SYSTEM

This is whereby the transport system is digitized.  The implementation of the system, starting with Nairobi, will see passengers using a pre-paid system to pay for their transport as opposed to the current cash system. The Card is free and there is no fee charged for topping up.