{"id":12747,"date":"2022-03-08T12:47:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12747"},"modified":"2022-03-08T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T12:48:24","slug":"uhuru-orders-countrywide-crackdown-on-boda-boda-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodmorningkenya.com\/wp\/?p=12747","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru orders countrywide crackdown on boda boda operators."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President Uhuru Kenyatta has&nbsp;ordered&nbsp;a nationwide crackdown of all boda boda operators following the&nbsp;horrifying&nbsp;incident where riders sexually asaulted a female driver on Wangari Maathai Road in Nairobi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PRESIDENT Uhuru Orders stern punishment for suspected bodaboda operators who were filmed harassing a lady in Nairobi&#39;s Forest Road area<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P4qo8Ra4jO\">https:\/\/t.co\/P4qo8Ra4jO<\/a>  <br>.<br>.<br>.<br>Trending &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakingNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreakingNews<\/a>  | Nduthi | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClassWarLoading?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClassWarLoading<\/a> | Mpesa | Kinuthia | nairobi cbd | mRNA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXeQOTnhRP\">pic.twitter.com\/VXeQOTnhRP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Uzalendo News (@UzalendoNews_KE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UzalendoNews_KE\/status\/1501145243139330051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the incident in the viral video as disheartening to see, the President said&nbsp;that he had instructed law enforcement officers to clamp down on rogue operators and ensure the perpetrators of the heinous act are brought to book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbdulahiAdan10\/status\/1501164540129693700?t=0HwRajWlSSj-k4oQp4vxrA&amp;s=19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYesterday, I did give instructions that I have ordered a crackdown on all boda boda operators, starting here in Nairobi and moving across the country,\u201d said the Head of State<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president who was speaking during Tuesday\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day celebrations&nbsp;at the Kenya School of Government in Lower Kabete, Nairobi further stated that all boda boda operators would be registered afresh to ensure sanity in the sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are going to reregister you all again and we must make sure that we safeguard women. I have instructed the law enforcement officers to use the instruments within the law to punish these perpetrators,\u201d stated President Kenyatta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere should never be a repeat of what we saw.\u201d<br>The President similarly warned politicians against riding on the crackdown as a campaign agenda in political rallies, saying that the government will support the operators on condition that they are disciplined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are in the silly season of politics and there are some out there who will go and start saying the government is harassing small traders and business people\u2026 We want to help your business prosper but you must also do your bit,\u201d stated Kenyatta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the undated video that has since gone viral, the woman can be heard screaming as the male boda boda riders undress her while others order that she be removed from inside the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video sparked uproar on social media on Monday afternoon, with scores calling for the regulation of the boda boda sector to tame such incidents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Furious Super CS Matiangi vows to deal with Bodaboda madness once and for all!<br><br>Nairobi CBD\/Assimio\/Jayden\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateCrisis<\/a> \/Sugoi\/Forest Road\/Nduthi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1eYFKbMzqz\">pic.twitter.com\/1eYFKbMzqz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Abdulahi Adan (@AbdulahiAdan10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbdulahiAdan10\/status\/1501164540129693700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Uhuru Kenyatta has&nbsp;ordered&nbsp;a nationwide crackdown of all boda boda operators following the&nbsp;horrifying&nbsp;incident where riders sexually asaulted a female driver on Wangari Maathai Road in Nairobi. 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