Nexus between emerging modes of transport and national security: a case study of Kenya.
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Date
2020Author
Wandera, Emmanuel,M
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The name 'Boda boda' is synonymous to cycle taxis (both motorized and bicycles) in
many parts of East Africa, especially Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania (motos in Rwanda). It
originated from the small border town of Busia in Kenya. Small traders in this Kenya-Uganda
frontier town (back in the late 1980's to early 90's), needed cheap transport to ferry goods
(mainly cooking oil, soaps and other consumer goods from Kenya to Uganda and second hand
clothes in the opposite direction). Motorbikes came in handy as cheap, convenient means for
ferrying the business people and their wares from one border to the other, hence the name boda
boda (border to border).
The purpose of the study was to assess the nexus between emerging modes of
transportation specifically the Boda bodas and the national security with a case study of Kenya.
This involved the study of the reasons for the growth of the sub sector, impact on the security
sector and what has been done by the government to mitigate these security challenges. This
study will adopt a secondary analysis research design. Secondary analysis is a research method
that involves analysing data collected by someone else. Secondary analysis combines both
qualitative and quantitative data sources, to determine the connection between emerging modes
of transportation and insecurity within Kenya. This research design determines how the
researcher collects, analyses, and interprets the data in the study. Secondary analysis provides
answers to a new research question based on observations and investigations of other researchers
in the same field.
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University of Nairobi
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