President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered a nationwide crackdown on all boda boda operators following the Friday incident in which a group of boda boda operators assaulted a female motorist on Forest Road in Nairobi.

Uhuru was speaking on Tuesday during the unveiling of the Institute for Gender and Social Development at the Kenya School of Government (KSG).

“I did give instructions and I have ordered a crackdown on all boda boda operators starting here in Nairobi and moving across the country,” Uhuru said.

Uhuru said the government wants to support the boda boda industry. However, he cautioned it was not a licence for boda boda operators to get involved in criminal activities 

The president also said that all boda boda operators will first be deregistered before being registered afresh to weed out rogue operators.

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“We want to support the bodaboda business, but it is not a license for a boda boda to do drive-by shootings. And most definitely, it is not a license for you to strip and remove dignity from our women. We will re-register all boda bodas. Let those who want to politic to politic,” he added.

The president ordered the police to use all legal instruments to ensure such and incident does not recur.