Kenya’s brightly decorated minibuses (matatus) are an iconic fixture on the urban landscape and a backbone of public transport, alongside buses and taxis.
Now, matatus are being used as awareness-raising ‘vehicles’ for COVID-19 prevention; they have been spray-painted with images of cyclists and people with masks featuring messages such as ‘We care for your safety’, ‘Keep Physical Distance’ and ‘Stop Coronavirus. Public transport for public awareness-raising Health messages spray painted on buses will help ensure that the battle against the virus is front and centre in the minds of people as they travel about.
Design of initial messages on the first two buses to circulate in the densely populated Kibra and Industrial Areas of Nairobi, was