The High Court has temporarily stopped the suspension of Nicco Movers Sacco’s operating licence, allowing the company to continue its services until further directions are issued on September 22.
Justice Janet Mulwa issued the orders on Wednesday, September 2, after the Sacco through its lawyer Danstan Omari, challenged the Transport Licensing Appeals Board (TLAB) decision delivered on August 31, 2026.
The court certified the matter as urgent and directed the Sacco to serve the respondents with the petition within 24 hours.
NICCO Movers buses. Photo: Courtesy.
The orders come as a major reprieve to the embattled Sacco, whose commuter service was suspended by the transport licensing tribunal over safety concerns.
The tribunal had suspended Nicco Movers’ operations after overturning an earlier decision by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to revoke the licence.
The suspension followed an inspection of 51 Nicco Movers vehicles, which established that only six met the required safety standards while 45 failed.
Among the defects identified were faulty or missing passenger seat belts, defective doors and window locks, faulty lights and horns, damaged bodywork, and missing emergency equipment.
NTSA further reported that 30 vehicles linked to the operator had been recorded exceeding the mandatory 80 kilometres per hour speed limit.
Eleven other vehicles were reportedly not transmitting speed-limiter data, while others lacked speed-limit records, functioning speed limiters, or valid inspection certificates.
The action followed the death of 19-year-old Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) student Eugene Mutivi Mutuku, who fell from a moving Nicco Movers vehicle along Thika Superhighway in June.
The circumstances surrounding Mutuku’s death remain disputed, with his family alleging that he was pushed from the moving vehicle, while the company maintained that he jumped.
Following the fatal incident, NTSA suspended Nicco Movers Sacco and grounded all vehicles operating under its licence, but the Sacco later resumed operations after the TLAB overturned NTSA’s decision to revoke its operating licence.
