{"id":3123,"date":"2024-02-20T15:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/02\/20\/psv-drivers-protest-stalled-works-on-narok-nakuru-highway\/"},"modified":"2024-02-20T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:04:06","slug":"psv-drivers-protest-stalled-works-on-narok-nakuru-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/psv-drivers-protest-stalled-works-on-narok-nakuru-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"PSV drivers protest stalled works on Narok-Nakuru highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 20 \u2014 Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators disrupted transport along the Narok-Nakuru Highway Tuesday morning after staging a protest over delayed repair works.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police said that the members of the Narok Matatu Drivers Association barricaded the road at Olopito area, approximately 5 kilometers north of Narok Police Station, at around 10:30 a.m. demanding an audience with senior officials regarding the stalled repair works.<\/p>\n<p>The Matatu drivers expressed frustration over the prolonged delay by the contractor to fix the section of the road that has caused multiple fatalities due to potholes.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that the delay in repair has continued to endanger lives.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the matter was resolved peacefully to allow the resumption of traffic flow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team of officers led by Narok Central DCC, DCIO, CI Erick Opiyo Ochieng, and OCS Narok rushed to the scene and managed to calm the rioters, restoring normalcy,\u201d read a police report obtained by Capital News.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 20 \u2014 Public Service Vehicle (PSV) operators disrupted transport along the Narok-Nakuru Highway Tuesday morning after staging a protest over delayed repair works. Police said that the members of the Narok Matatu Drivers Association barricaded the road at Olopito area, approximately 5 kilometers north of Narok Police Station, at around 10:30 a.m. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}