Super Metro is set to resume operations after the court temporarily lifted the suspension.
Transport Licensing Appeal Board in an order issued on Monday, March 24, 2025, gave the transport company the green light to resume operations immediately.
“An interim order is hereby issued staying the execution/enforcement/ operation of the decision of the respondents dated March 18, 2025, suspending the operation of the appellant herein Super Metro Sacco Limited as a PSV operator,” the order by board chairman Adrian Kamotho read in part.
“The appellant is at liberty to immediately resume operations in due compliance with the law.”
The respondent in the motion is the National Transport and Safety Authority ( NTSA).
Super metro operations were suspended on Thursday by NTSA.
Kamotho also ordered that the document be served upon the Inspector General of Police, immediately.
NTSA suspended the PSVs operation on Thursday, saying the decision was to ensure the company is compliant with road safety measures.
The suspension took effect on March 20, 2025.
“This is to notify the Public that the Authority has suspended Super Metro Limited’s operator license until the Company fully complies with the Public Service Vehicles Regulations, 2014 and other set conditions,” NTSA said in a statement.
“The decision was necessitated by the need to ensure the Company is not only compliant but that it has put in place safety measures to protect the lives of its passengers and other road users.”
NTSA alleged that the suspension followed various violations by the operator, including expired inspection certificates and road service licences, expired speed limiter certificates, lack of speed limiter records and vendor details among others.
The authority further claimed that some driver credentials did not meet the required qualifications as well as violation of the Operation of Public Service Vehicle regulations.
The authority also gave conditions that Super Metro must meet to have the operating license reinstated.
The conditions included presenting 294 vehicles with various violations to the respective speed limiter vendors for compliance checks.
“The Company must present 294 vehicles with violations for compliance inspection at Likoni Motor Vehicle Inspection Centre and obtain compliance reports for all the vehicles. Present 42 drivers, out of the 109 drivers with speed violations, for a retest at the Likoni Driver Test Centre,” NTSA stated in the statement.
The authority noted that 64 of the Company’s drivers failed a retest on March 10, 2025, and this led to the suspension of their respective driving licences.
Following the orders, Super Metro Limited presented its fleet for inspection at the Likoni Road motor vehicle inspection centre in Nairobi’s industrial area on Saturday morning.
by SHARON MWENDE
