NYS buses to ferry city commuters stranded in flood waters
The National Youth Service (NYS) has announced that it will from Thursday deploy buses to ease commuter crisis in Nairobi during this rainy season.
In a series of tweets, the NYS Director General Richard Ndubai said that 27 buses will be deployed in Nairobi during the ongoing heavy rains.
“The decision to deploy the NYS buses was made to save commuters from the high fares that are charged by public commuter vehicles during the current season,” said Ndubai.
NYS will today deploy 27 buses to help alleviate commuter crisis in Nairobi occasioned by the ongoing heavy rains.
This decision has also been made to save commuters from the high fares charged by public commuter vehicles during this season. #Service pic.twitter.com/eNbmbER3Dv— NYS Director General (@DG_Ndubai) March 22, 2018
The NYS buses will charge a flat fee of Sh50 regardless of the distances and the routes used by commuters from high population areas of Nairobi.
The NYS buses will charge a flat of Ksh. 50 regardless of the distances & routes used by commuters from high population areas of Nairobi.
— NYS Director General (@DG_Ndubai) March 22, 2018
Some of the routes that will immediately benefit from the NYS buses include Kibera, Githurai, Mwiki, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Dandora, Kariobangi and Kawangware.
While more vehicles will be deployed at a later stage, the routes that will benefit from the NYS buses from tomorrow include Kibera, Githurai, Mwiki, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Dandora, Kariobangi and Kawangware.
— NYS Director General (@DG_Ndubai) March 22, 2018
“We have witnessed people in Nairobi walking long distances in the rain and most of the time due to high fares charged by commuter vehicles. We shall do the much we can to alleviate the suffering,” he said.
The impending return of the NYS buses will be reminiscent of the old days of the defunct Nyayo Bus Service (NBS) which also charged commuters a reduced fare.
NBS was established in 1986 to provide affordable transport to Kenyans and compete with the then Kenya Bus Services (KBS), a company ran by the City Council of Nairobi.