The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has issued new regulations for bodaboda riders operating in the city.
NMS has said that riders will have to ply fixed routes like Public Service Vehicles (PSV) by not ferry passengers to random routes.
In the new guidelines, NMS Director of Transport and Public Works, Engineer Michael Ochieng said the routes will be determined in collaboration with City inspectorate and the operators.
Under the new guidelines, boda boda operators will be required to register with approved Saccos before they are assigned the new rules.
The first SACCO, Eminent Boda Transcoop has already been launched allowing members to register.
NMS said that boda boda riders will be provided with parking spaces at the newly constructed Greenpark Terminal.
The riders will also be required to have physical offices with the Saccos expected to ensure that members adhere to set guidelines.
“The license already has the details of the rider, but right now, under NTSA, the new smart license has a lot of information, unlike the previous one and it is also digital. All these is just for easy tracing of the people.
“The smart license will have the name of the SACCO where the rider operates from. For you to get the licenses, you must be registered in a SACCO and the SACCO will be registered under the association so that it becomes a piece of digital information. Once you get the information, you go to NTSA for the license,” the authority explained.
