Boda-boda (or bodaboda) is a bicycle taxi, originally in East Africa (from English border-border
STEPHEN ASTARIKO
Friday, August 03, 2012
Speaking to the Star on phone the DC, who chaired the meeting, said the a district steering group will monitor the activities of the boda boda operators. “Unlike in the past when we only had taxis, in the last few months we have had boda boda emerge as the preferred mode of transport by many. This is a cause for alarm because the operators are known and majority of them are not registered. We suspect that criminals are now using them to either commit the crimes,” said Kimathi.
The suspected al Shabaab militants, who abducted iid workers from the Norwegian council at in the Ifo refugee camp and taken to Somalia last month, were dropped there by two motorcycles. A Kenyan driver was shot dead during the incident. The operators were also blamed for the attack at a school where three construction workers were injured. According to eyewitnesses, the two masked attackers, who hurled a hand grenade at the workers, were on a motorbike.