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The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) on Thursday impounded two matatus branded ‘Moneyfest’ that had earlier been captured on a harrowing video that went viral openly flouting several traffic regulations.
A video footage shared widely on Wednesday, January 7 showed two popular matatus plying the Nairobi-Rongai route being driven recklessly with individuals atop the PSV.
In a separate video, one of the rogue matatus which appeared to be overloaded, almost crashed into a Mercedes Benz while trying to overlap along the busy Nairobi road.
The videos went viral with Kenyans expressing frustration and concern over the potential dangers rogue PSVs posed to the public.
An image of two matatus plying the Rongai route. PHOTO/ NTSA
Amid a spate of complaints, NTSA issued an update on Thursday, January 9, clarifying that the two vehicles in the viral videos were impounded. They are linked to George Ruto, President William Ruto’s son.
While responding to a concerned citizen online, the authority stated, “We thank you for bringing this to our attention. The two PSVs are at the Police Station for processing and further action.”
One of the matatus in question, popularly known as ‘Moneyfest’, first went viral in August 2024 after reports that it belonged to the kin of a senior government official.
Since it hit the Kenyan market, there have been numerous complaints about the matatu’s conduct, with Rongai residents going on record lamenting about traffic officers’ failure to bring the driver and owner to book.
“These vehicles are untouchable. The drives have more influence than traffic officers,” one resident said in August.
Among the regulations the matatu has been accused of include skipping stage lines, bearing no Sacco names, picking and dropping passengers anywhere among others.
Flouting traffic rules and regulations can attract hefty penalties from the NTSA. Recently, a driver and his employer learnt this the hard way after NTSA revoked his driving license for a year after he was filmed carelessly swerving en route to Makuyu. The driver was also fined KSh 120,000.
Meanwhile, the owner of the matatu was also not spared as he was slapped with a KSh 20,000 fine.
Moneyfest matatu owned by Young Kasongo will be in business tomorrow…take that to the bank …this impound is just for PR … if not, someone will be transferred to a hardship area
Admin, was “young kasongo” necessary. Asking for a friend 
Reports are the officers are missing
And Kasongo is here lecturing our parents how they never raised us well… Kasongo’s double speech
Revealed:
e- Citizen is owned by a private individual who as full access and control and NOT the government of Kenya. They pay themselves first a certain percentage before forwarding the cash.
Point of correction mkubwa. It was actually the speaker -i think jean marie seroney- who interjected to save Shikuku by asserting that shikuku didnt need to substantiate the obvious. Needless to say, seroney was arrested- i think after he got out of parliament.
On reflection..
I stand corrected..
The Hon: Seroney (RIP)was indeed a fountain of Rift Valley Truth and Wisdom during those dark days.
I was at Uhuru Park with thousands of comrades who made blood sacrifices to usher in a hard fought freedom in 2002.
These were the Real Generation Z ..!!
I now watch with amazement as juvenile morons and “Tugeges” in here actually sing the praises of the Kaongo Regime of killers and Thieves ..
Bure Kabisa ..
All of them ..
Dr. Miguna Miguna is often on point on many issues…
His problem is sometimes inconsistency on some issues.
Such as his on-off “bro-mance” with BABA …
The government has issued a clarification on the widely used eCitizen platform, revealing that it has been operating under a 10-year pilot phase with a private party amid concerns about security and ownership of the critical service.
In a statement released on Thursday, April 17, government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura reiterated that the platform was fully government-owned, despite it being managed by a different service provider.
“The government fully owns the eCitizen platform but entered into a contractual agreement with Webmaster, a local service provider, to manage it. This system has been in a 10-year pilot phase as we build capacity and continuously enhance its functionality,” Mwaura clarified.
After the government first introduced the eCitizen platform in 2014, the platform grew to house 5,000 county and national government services in its first few years of existence, including agencies like the Kenya Revenue Authority, the National Registration Bureau and, more popularly, the National Transport and Safety Authority.
The display of the integrated NTSA -Ecitizen platform.
Since then, the online platform entered into a deal with a consortium comprising three firms for the management of the online platform. This is to allow for the government to build its own capacity, according to Mwaura.
Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang recently revealed that the latest deal was signed in 2023 and was set to run for three years.
According to the spokesperson, the pilot arrangement was part of the government’s long-term strategy to build a fully sustainable in-house capacity to manage the eCitizen platform. He also noted that the government had already embarked on the process to establish digital independence by setting up innovation and software hubs.
Mwaura added: “It’s important to note that the government has established an innovation and AI hub at the Kenya School of Government, alongside software and application development hubs at Konza Technopolis, officially launched by H.E. President Ruto."
For now, however, eCitizen continues to run under the management of three companies procured by the government under a multibillion-shilling deal.
The spokesperson’s statement came just days after a worrying report emerged suggesting that the government was at risk of losing precious national security data should it decide to terminate the deal with the consortium of three companies running its eCitizen platform.
On Tuesday, April 15, a report emerged suggesting the existence of an exit clause which gave the three companies the exclusive rights to switch off the system should the government pull out of the three-year deal.
The report also suggested the government may not have full control of the eCitizen platform, which currently runs 22000 government services and collects a whopping Ksh700 million a day.
Concerns about the security of the eCitizen platform date back as recently as February 2025, when the National Assembly Finance Committee summoned the Treasury Cabinet Secretary to explain the operation and management challenges facing the government platform.
According to the committee members, the Treasury’s lack of control over the online platform, which hosts 18 government services, poses risks of revenue leakage, security breaches, and operational disruptions.
During the meeting, the legislators also sought to know the measures put in place by the Treasury to cushion the country from pilferage of the revenue generated through the platform.
BREAKING NEWS: President Ruto son George Ruto Buys 2026 Lexus LX 800H costing
100 million from profits of his matatu business after one year of hard work…
Fake news, poor photoshop…