Tag: boda boda

Authorities in Kitengela announce stringent rules for boda boda riders following assault on female motorist

All boda boda riders operating within Kitengela town and its environs must register with relevant governing bodaboda association and their names submitted to the security committee, authorities in Kajiado County have announced. The directive came following a crisis meeting held between the riders and security officers amid a major ongoing crackdown on riders suspected to […]

Boda boda riders sue Ruto’s UDA for misusing them during 2022 campaigns

Boda boda riders have moved to court seeking Ksh426 billion as compensation from President William Ruto‘s administration for misusing them and mama mbogas during the 2022 campaign period.  A petition filed at the Milimani High Court by a section of boda boda operators from Malindi, Linda Jamii lobby group, and four others seeks orders restraining […]

Homa Bay: Boda boda riders storm police station demanding suspected criminal be handed over to them

Police in Homa Bay were forced to lob teargas canisters at hundreds of boda boda riders who stormed the station demanding that a suspected criminal be handed over to them. The riders had earlier on gone to the home of the suspect at Olodo village in Homa Bay Town constituency and attempted to torch his […]

IPOA launches probe after police allegedly kill boda boda chairman during protests in Chuka

The Independent Policing and Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched investigations into the killing of a man during protests at Chuka town in Tharaka Nithi county on Saturday, April 8, 2023. Willis Mugambi, the chairman of a local boda boda riders association, was shot dead while protesting the killing of a resident, Daniel Mutembei, by unknown […]

Boda boda rider killed in suspected love triangle

A boda boda rider was on Monday, October 10, 2022, killed by his colleague at Lwanda Awiti market in Ndhiwa constituency, Homa Bay county following a dispute over a lover. Ndhiwa sub-county police commander Paul Rioba said the deceased identified as Bruno Onyango was attacked by a fellow rider who accused him of engaging in […]

3 boda boda riders die in grisly accident in Loitoktok

Three boda boda riders have died in a grisly accident involving two motorcycles along the Loitoktok road in Kajiado County. Confirming the incident, Loitoktok Sub County police commander Shadrack Ruto said preliminary investigations indicate the riders could have been speeding resulting in deaths and extensive damage to the motorcycles. Ruto further said both motorcycles had […]

Boda boda rider surrenders to police after killing 24-year-old girlfriend

A 23-year-old boda boda rider Meshack Cheubei from Ziwa-Chelabal village In Uasin Gishu County has surrendered himself to the Ziwa police station after murdering his longtime girlfriend Hilda Jerop. According to Chelabal village Elder Simeon Tarus, the suspect is said to have been angered by his girlfriend’s decision to end their relationship after being advised […]