Government Suspends Nairobi Car-less Days To Vet Hawkers

The plan for car-free days in Nairobi CBD has been suspended until further notice.

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said that the suspension was meant to give way for essential security measure to be finalised.

“The capture of the Biometric data of the traders using BVR kits has not been completed as anticipated. This as an essential security measure that has to be finalized. Consequently, the trial run has been deferred until further notice,” said CS Macharia.

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The government had announced commencement of car-less days in Nairobi CBD on February 1 to take place every Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The roll-out of the car free days was to target select roads among them Moi Avenue, Harambee Avenue and City Hall Way in a move expected to reduce congestion and ease flow of traffic within Kenya’s busiest city.