The dust may be settling on the now-suspended transport sector strike, but the aftershocks are still reverberating across the country, leaving thousands of long-distance travelers stranded, broke, and broken. Long-distance bus companies have been forced to change their schedules, battling a severe shortage of passengers who either feared for their safety on the roads or simply couldn’t find a matatu or tuk-tuk to get to the booking offices. Tonight, we look at the human cost of the gridlock, from missed career opportunities to final goodbyes that may never be said.
