Overloading Buses? * Tanzania - Not in the vocabulary of commuter bus services
Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania -IPPmedia, by JOSEPHINE CHINELE -24 Nov 2008: -- Commuter buses in Dar es Salaam and other urban areas in Tanzania are almost always overloaded and this has come to pass as the rule. However in Kenya, Uganda and Malawi, commuter buses do not only overload, but passengers have to fasten their seat belts... It is 5 O’clock in the evening and you are heading to Kariakoo to catch a bus home. You know exactly what awaits you at the bus stop. Getting a bus is always a struggle at this time of the day... As usual, there is a big crowd of commuters fighting to enter the few `Dala dalas` (commuter buses) that seem to be taking ages to arrive at the bus stop. `Dala dalas` become hot cakes during peak hours. That is when the law of the jungle applies. Survival is only for the fittest as only those who are strong and agile can boss a bus let alone secure a seat...
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