Matatu Owners Announce plan to move from Fuel Buses after EPRA hike.
Speaking at Mombasa, The Association’s chairperson Albert Karakacha revealed that they were in talks with gas operators, as they make plans to adopt gas.
He cited that gas-run buses would be much easier to maintain as compared to fuel-run vehicles, which they will begin operating early next year.
Karakacha said,”We have gas technology and we are doing research as an association to see whether gas will be cheaper. For gas, we have already talked to two people and by next year we will be having buses that use gas and it is also aimed at protecting Kenyans.
“Going forward, we are also talking to electric bus manufacturers but that will take 10 years,” he added.
He however, highlighted that at the moment, they were in talks with the government over the rising cost of fuel which has impacted fare prices rise in the last two months.
“Most of the routes are actually charging Ksh100 right now. We have scrapped the off-peak prices. As it is, we have raised to the maximum fares and we cannot go beyond that,” he added.
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