Kenya orders South Africa buses as Dar buys in Nairobi

A commuter bus along Moi Avenue, Nairobi. Kenya is preparing to import high-capacity buses from South Africa next month. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NATION

Kenyan fabricator of passenger vehicle bodies Labh Singh Harnam Singh (LSHS) has been hired to build high-capacity buses for Tanzania government’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services as Nairobi prepares to import the same from South Africa next month.

LSHS managing director Daniel Maundu said the firm was working on the first order after the Tanzania government contracted Isuzu Motors to build the first 80-person capacity buses for use under the BRT programme.