The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) on Friday suspended the operation of 121 public service vehicles over violations of safety regulations.

In a statement on Friday, the authority urged commuters not to board the vehicles belonging to the suspended Saccos.

“This is to notify the public that the Authority has suspended 121 PSVs- Public Transport Operators (PTOs) for failing to comply with the provisions of Section 5(1) of the National Transport and Safety Authority (Operation of PSV Regulations) 2014,” the statement reads in part.

“Members of the public are hereby advised not to board the vehicles belonging to the suspended sacco/companies,” it added.

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NTSA added that traffic police officers across the country have been instructed to impound any vehicles belonging to the affected operators that continue to operate contrary to the suspension order.

Among the PSV operators that have been suspended are: 2K-NN Savings and Credit Co-Operative Society Limited/Ngorika Line Travellers Company Limited, 2MK Modern Co. Limited, 2ML Sacco Society Limited, and 2TS Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited.

Others on the list are Kasarani Trans Limited, Kazana Travellers Services Limited, Kemoa Safaris Sacco Ltd, Kericho Travelers Savings and Credit Co-Operative Society, Kienya Travellers Sacco Ltd, Kimawa Express Sacco Ltd, Kwanza Kobos Sacco, and Libera Executive Limited.

Additionally, 3KEN Savings and Credit Co-Operative Society Limited, 8B Savings and Credit Co-Operative Society Ltd, City Tram Shuttle Limited, and Joy Kenya Services Limited, among others, have also been suspended.

Below is the full list;