A boda boda rider and his pillion have every reason to thank their guardian angels after they were run over by a matatu in ...

A group of boda boda riders has been arrested at Globe Roundabout in Nairobi as police intensified security operations across the city amid the Saba Saba protests.The riders, along with their ...

Uganda’s boda boda bikes are deadly polluters: study models how going electric could save lives. Gabriel Okello, University of Cambridge. Wed, April 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM UTC. 5 min read.

Kenya’s “Boda Girls” are turning a male-dominated industry upside down. Their favored customers are pregnant women needing rides to the hospital.

The Boda Boda weighs 60 pounds without accessories, and can accommodate up to 220. I didn’t quite get there, but I came close. After you start piling on bags, bike seats, ...

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Now, an American entrepreneur has started a lease-to-own boda boda business -- with good results. There are about 800 paying drivers and 200 on the waiting list. People in Kampala love to hate them.

It's easy to assume that the name boda-boda came about as a spot of onomatopoeia; an attempt to capture the noise of the bikes' burbling engines. But a quick search online reveals that's not the case.

“All the boda boda riders must have a driving permit, the 3rd party insurance, PSV licence, a log book, an operational licence issued by KCCA, and a stage they are attached to,” he added.

Boda bodas on Jinja Road in Kampala. A new report on improving road safety in Uganda has revealed that at least 89 percent of boda boda riders in Kampala City do not have driving permits.

In Uganda, motorcycles known as boda bodas are a key part of the transport system. The country has over 1.5 million boda bodas on the road, amounting to roughly 70% of all vehicles.Boda bodas are ...