The Standard ­ Wednesday
Date: 01.02.2017
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Matatu sacco and drivers
split over shirts donation
By JOSEPH MUCHIRI
A showdown looms between a
matatu sacco and. jits drivers after the
former stood its ground to bar the lat­
ter from wearing shirts donated by a
gubernatorial aspirant.
Leonard Muriuki
Neno Sacco management, led
by its founder and chairman Emilio
Kathuri, said it will not allow a driver
or any staff to weiar T­shirts or shirts
emblazoned Willi names of politi­
cians.
He said the co ­operative, in taking
the measure, was trying to instill im­
partiality in its operations and avoid
undue influence from politicians.
"We serve all kinds of people and
treat them equally. We cannot allow
our drivers to wear political cam­
paign materials" Kathuri said in Em­
bu town yesterday, after hundreds
The row started a fortnight ago
after Embu gubernatorial aspirant
Leonard Muriuki gave drivers, touts
and mechanics shirts with his name
inscribed on them.
He has offered to hire a lawyer to
sue the sacco in case it fires or pena­
lises any driver for flouting the ban.
Digital Drivers Association has al­
so issued a warning that it will take le­
gal action against the sacco if it makes
good the threat to fire non­compliant
drivers.
"The shirts comply with the traffic
of Neno Sacco drivers postponed a
peaceful demonstration called to pro­
rule on uniforms for PSV crew," said
test the ban.
association chairman Ernest Ndwiga.
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