Super Metro has denied reports that some of its buses were used to ferry goons to Kirinyaga County to disrupt political meetings involving former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
The PSV company said the buses seen in Kirinyaga on Sunday were carrying secondary school students who were travelling to Kathandeni Forest in Gichugu Constituency for a hike.
Super Metro issued the clarification on Monday, August 24, following reports circulating online linking the buses to alleged plans to disrupt Gachagua’s political meetings.
The company said the buses had no connection with any political activity.
According to Super Metro, the clarification had also been issued by the African Inland Church (AIC) Ziwani in Nairobi, which said the young people travelling in the buses were students heading for the planned hike.
“The AIC Church Ziwani Nairobi has clarified that the buses spotted in Kirinyaga were carrying secondary school boys and girls who were heading for a hike at Kathandeni Forest in Gichugu Constituency,” Super Metro said.
The company added that the students had no connection to political activities.
“The youths had nothing to do with political rallies in previous claims that the buses were ferrying individuals who were there to create mayhem during Gachagua’s meetings,” the statement said.
The explanation follows increased political activities in Kirinyaga, where Gachagua is conducting meetings with his followers.
Super Metro, which primarily runs buses in Nairobi, said that its buses had visited the area on account of the students and not on political grounds.
Further information from the company could not be established on the number of buses in the area or the number of students who would travel to Kathandeni Forest.
The clarification now puts to rest claims linking the buses to the political activities reported in the county, with the company maintaining that they were being used for a school outing.