Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Monday, August 29 ordered the release of all the motorbikes impounded by the County government.
Moreover, while issuing the order, Sakaja asked the City Inspectorate identity official drop off and pick up points within Nairobi.
In addition, the cases against the riders whose motorbikes had been impounded will also be withdrawn with immediate effect.
Likewise, the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) in July pledged to release impounded motorbikes after consultation with the Inspector General of Police.
While admitting that city askaris harass riders, the NMS Director General Mohammed Badi said that the bikes will be released before the August 9 General Election.
“Since I took over Nairobi I have worked closely with the boda boda associations. It is true that boda boda operators have been harassed by rogue enforcement officers,” Badi said.
Nonetheless, in March, former Nairobi Governor Anne Kananu also ordered the release of motorbikes after holding a consultative meeting with stakeholders in the Boda boda sector.
The meeting with bodaboda stakeholders was meant to streamline the sector.
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“I have issued an executive order to the city inspectorate to immediately release motorcycles whose owners are petty offenders who have legit papers for operating,” stated Kananu.
