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The ambitious Okoa Abiria programme launched by the National Youth Service (NYS) in 2018 to offer affordable commuter bus service in Nairobi has been suspended.
Public Service Principal Secretary Mary Kimonye confirmed the development when she appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts
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The National Youth Service commuter bus has suspended its operations after facing a cash crunch.
It has emerged that the programme dubbed Okoa Abiria, which was a directive by President Uhuru Kenyatta, did not have a budgetary allocation to finance its operations.
Public Service Principal Secretary Mary Kimonye has told the Public Accounts Committee chaired by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi that the service has since been stopped as the Sh20 charged per trip could not sustain its running.
Uhuru had directed introduction of the NYS buses to various routes in Nairobi to address the public transport crisis in the capital city.