Talks are currently underway in the coastal city of Mombasa where William Ruto has convened a high-stakes meeting of transport sector stakeholders to avert another shutdown of public transport. Transport operators staged a nationwide boycott on Monday and Tuesday this week, paralyzing transport across the country. The operators are demanding a total reversal of a recent fuel price hike announced by the government last week. The paralysis of public transport also saw several Kenyans die in protests across a number of towns. President Ruto, who was out of the country on an official tour of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, arrived back in the country today and convened the stakeholders’ meeting at State House Mombasa.
