10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MATATU»
Discover the use of
matatu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
matatu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Set in East Africa, The Matatu is a colorful story filled with many unexpected turns and twists along the way.
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Negotiating Social Space: East African Microenterprises
to the matatu sector. Reality in the matatu sector reveals that this is not the case.
The matatu worker is vulnerable to commercial exploitation, suffers from job
insecurity and works in an unsatisfactory and taxing environment. The prevailing
work ...
Patrick O. Alila, Poul O. Pedersen, 2001
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Challenging Inequities in Health : From Ethics to Action: ...
Both the motorists and matatu owners mentioned bribery as a regrettable, but
widespread feature of traveling on Kenyan roads. During the group discussions,
both matatu drivers and matatu owners said that TKK (“Toa Kitu kidogo”),
meaning ...
Timothy Evans Team Director of the Health Division Rockefeller Foundation, Margaret Whitehead W.H. Duncan Professor of Publich Health University of Liverpool, Finn Diderichsen Professor of Social Epidemiology and Health Policy Research Karolinska Institute, 2001
For national bus, matatu and train services, see the "Moving on from Nairobi"
section on pp. 150-1 54). Local buses are run by KBS Stagecoach, who have
their main bus station in the •^ eastern corner of River Road district, between
Ronald ...
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Sokomoko Popular Culture in East Africa
matatu, often proverbs appropriated or made to fit the traffic environment,5 the
often elaborate body- and paint-work of the vehicles. Powerful music systems are
a general feature of the matatu culture, playing either disco sounds, Zairean or ...
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Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City
“Matatu will always be matatu” was a commonly heard cry of resignation—the
public desired to see a change in the operations of the matatu sector but were
also careful to temper their wishes with some skepticism, having experienced the
...
Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres, 2010
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
581 Oral Answers Oral Answers 582 [Mr. Mutunga] (i) Kyalo Kyuu, K.Sh. 530 (ii)
Kyalo Kyuu, K.Sh. 40 (i'ii) Kakwu Ivuuika, K.Sh. 300 and others not in the list; and
(6) give the niuimlber of people allowed to be carried by matatu of 2 to 3 tons.
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
443 "Matatu" Taxis In Krrui Mr. Munyasia asked the Vice-President and Minister
for Home Affairs to tell the House — (a) the reason why the cars known as "
Matatu" in Nairobi City were running day and night yet in Kitui District, where
transport ...
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Informal Transport in the Developing World
Of the ten Kenyan deaths on the road each day, eight of them involve a matatu.28
In the mad rush for passenger fares, a sort of devil-may-care mentality prevails on
the streets. The safety problems surrounding Kenya's matatu sector go ...
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Afropolis: City Media Art
Some people opt to leave their vehicles at home and ride a matatu to Nairobi not
just because it is economical to do so but also because they prefer to have
someone else – the matatu driver – battling it out with other drivers for control and
...
Kerstin Pinther, Larissa Förster, Christian Hanussek, 2012
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MATATU»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
matatu is used in the context of the following news items.
Two NYS Officers Survive Road Crash in Lari
Witnesses said the Nairobi-bound lorry was blocked by a matatu collecting ... "The lorry was speeding when it overtook us near a stage," matatu ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2015 Durban FilmMart Award winners
The Restless Pitch awarded, a one-on-one consultation with Restless Talent Management co-founder Tendeka Matatu, to two projects: Brace ... «Screen Africa, Jul 15»
Chama - A Driver of the Non-Formal Economy in Kenya
These groups operate small businesses, such as kiosks, farming and matatu operations, among others. However, there are other groups ... «VOA Learning English, Jul 15»
Angry residents kill, burn two suspected goat thieves
Within no time, three suspected criminals were rounded up with the goats inside a Nissan matatu. Two were beaten to death before they, ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
Two Die in Kericho Accident After County Askari Throws Spike At a …
Two people died after a County officer threw a metal spike at a Nissan matatu, causing the vehicle to lose control. One of the vehicle's tired was ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
Drama as Woman turns tables on bullish tout, forces him to make …
The provoked women treated locals to a free for all drama when she alighted from the matatu and grabbed the tout by his waist band, ... «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»
How to cut your expenses in half
If you do not work in town and are going there to run a few errands, just jump into a matatu, have your businesses sorted out and hop back. «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
Welcome to alcohol-free island that is Kijabe town
John Manji is a reformed alcoholic and a driver at the AIC Kijabe hospital matatu terminus who quit drinking a month ago. He holds President ... «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»
Asians in Kenya should stop discrimination and learn to mingle
When was the last time you boarded a matatu with an Indian? When was the last time you ate in a common man's restaurant with one? «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»
Our love brewed in a matatu- alleged first wife of slain KDF pilot
We sat together in a matatu headed to Kapsowar. At first we were strangers but as fate had it, our mutual feelings for each other made you take ... «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»
