Shait by the time huu mwana unaisha watu wa petrol tutainunua 140 plus
"PRICE of super petrol up by Sh3.39 to Kes 112.20, Diesel down by Sh0.35 to sell at Kes103.25 and Kerosene drops bye Kes1.45 to sell at Kes85.73 in Nairobi.
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Every time I see the fuel prices skyrocketing, I pity anyone in the matatu industry. That industry is flooded which means that they can’t transfer the rising costs of fuel to the commuter. Actually, I heard that the fare from Nairobi to my home town is now about Ksh 400, and it was Ksh 500 around 4 years ago. Falling fares, rising fuel prices is only bad news to matatu owners and other logistics companies. Hata watu wa Uber and Taxify will soon feel the heat if they haven’t already. The only beneficiary is the commuter/passenger.
But there’s some truth in what M2Random is trying to say.
A few years back matatus used to hike fares after almost each fuel rise but not so nowadays.
There are many routes fares have stagnated for a very long time now.
And Kimutai has been for sometime now agitating against the licencing of new matatus claiming there’s an over investment in the sector.
I thought Saccos can enforce fares on a certain route. So wakiamua kutoka leo fare ni 700 people will rebel kidogo but will eventually pay, na itakaa hivyo. Hapa Nairobi commuters ndio wataumia sana, but I expect fares to rise by 10-20 bob in Nairobi routes.
People just move to the competitors. Too many Sacco’s to choose from. If it were that easy, fare yako ingekuwa imepanda since 2013, has it???In most long distance routes, kwanza imeshuka
Sio kwa ubaya but I don’t feel for those matatus. In most cases any additional charges never get to the matatu owner but to dereva/makanga/Sacco. The owners only get a standard amount which never change!
Fuel adulteration. Current generation of Diesel engines is very sensitive to this. Uliza watu wa Transline, KINATWA, MAKOS, etc SACCOs yale masahibu wamejionea pale Afya Centre.