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  • Nairobi, August 2, 2019. Collins Birage (25) is a Makanga (conductor) of one of hundreds of Matatus which are every day lining up while waiting for passangers in front of the Nairobi Railways Bus Station, the largest bus station in Nairobi. The Matatus feed many people, including the conductors, the owners, but also police officers and city councils. And the national transport authorities also demand money for the routes. The Makangas earn as much as is left after deducting the payment of all these people.
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  • Residents of Nairobi return home from work in the evening. Colourful competitiveness and the thrive for progress seem to part of the DNA of Nairobi‘s inhabitants. Techies and reformers are working on digitalising the fares for Matatus and on electrifying their engines. Perhaps soon electric-buses will be whizzing through Nairobi, making the colourful Matatus more eco-friendly in the future.
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  • Nozy Customs (28) is a graffiti artist who works at the Enlight Garage in Buru Buru Phase 1 District of Nairobi. He uses a stock library image as a reference for his graffiti artwork- The references were selected by John Kamau (44), the owner of the Matatu who sits down to supervise the process. Because the Matatus are so numerous, they must be decorated with eye-catching motifs to stand out from the crowd.
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  • Nairobi, September 27, 2019. Mechanics in a garage in Buru Buru Phase 1 fix the engine of a Matatu, while Scooby Doo & Co. seem to watch them with a certain surprise and astonishment. . The mechanics earn about 150 USD a month, which is about ten percent of the average monthly profit which an owner usually makes with one Matatu after paying all expenses including the bribes for the traffic police.
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  • The buses which commute between Nairobi and the suburb Rongai are known for its Nganyas, as the most spectacularly pimped Matatus are called. This Matatu here is dedicated to Batman, the interior is inspired by Batman‘s cave. One could call Nairobi with its modern skyscrapers and the exhaust clouds the Gottham of Africa. In former times the city was also called „Nairobbery“.
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