Editor's Review

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has made an appeal to boda boda operators. 

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Monday, August 21 urged boda boda operators to guard the subsector against infiltration by criminal gangs disguising themselves as entrepreneurs.

Speaking during the launch of Nyandarua County’s Boda Yangu Ofisi Yangu training programme in Nairobi, Gachagua asked the operators to obey the law noting the police officers have also been asked to work with them in bringing sanity to the subsector.

“We have told police that bodaboda riders are not criminals; they are businessmen. They should be respected and not be harassed. But the riders should also follow the law and traffic rules. Let us not allow boda boda business to be infiltrated by criminal gangs. Don’t allow criminal elements in your enterprise. Be your own policemen and be vigilant,” said Gachagua.

File image of boda boda operators during the launch of Nyandarua County’s Boda Yangu Ofisi Yangu training programme.

The Deputy President mentioned that the Kenya Kwanza administration is investing in the sub-sector through the introduction of electric motorcycles and implementation of the Hustler Fund.

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“Boda Boda is a critical subsector to the economy of the country. Earning an average of Sh1,000 per day, the over 1.2 million riders are supporting up to six million people while injecting about Sh365 billion to our economy annually. The subsector has also provided job opportunities, with the youth being the most beneficiaries accounting for 75 percent of the total riders,” he noted.

Gachagua at the same time cautioned against attempts to revive the outlawed Mungiki criminal gang in the Mt Kenya region saying the government will remain firm in dealing with the group.

“This Government will not allow the revival of criminal gangs anywhere in this country even if they hide in opposition politics. It was a ruthless gang as it did unthinkable things. That gang should not come anywhere near the bodaboda enterprise,” said the Deputy President.