Kenyan Lady Corners Makanga In Matatu While Demanding For ‘Change’, Video Amuses Netizens

• A Kenyan lady has amused netizens after posting a video of her engaging in an argument with a matatu tout
• Mitchelle asked the tout for her Ksh 50 change, sparking an argument that saw other passengers joining in
• Despite her persistence, the tout dismissed her, telling her to be patient, while another passenger suggested she was making too much noise

It is not unusual to find matatu touts holding on to passengers' balances with the promise of returning them later.

Sometimes, they forget, and passengers alight the vehicle without getting their balance commonly known as ‘change’ back.

However, this was not the case for a lady identified as Mitchelle, who shared a video of her experience with a tout on TikTok.

In the clip, Mitchelle boldly asks the conductor for her Ksh 50 balance, a request that ignites an argument between the two.

“Give me my change, you keep saying you will give me and keep getting on and off the matatu; I want my balance,” Mitchelle complains.

Kenyan lady argues with matatu tout

In a quick rejoinder, the conductor tells her to be patient as he will get her the balance.

“Stop disturbing me; I already said I would give you the balance; you want to stress us because of Ksh 50,” he states.

He is then backed by another passenger who asks Mitchelle to keep her voice down as she is disturbing the peace in the matatu.

Seemingly angered by these remarks, Mitchelle lashes out at the woman as well, defending her request.

“What, do you mean I am making noise? Is the money mine or yours? Is Ksh 50 not money?" she poses.

Mitchelle and the conductor then continued in a heated argument, forcing other passengers to intervene to calm the situation.

“Calm down, get off the vehicle, stop making noise,” the voices of the passengers can be heard in the video addressing Mitchelle.

“I will not calm down, and I will not alight; whoever has a problem should get off,” she responds.

“Okay then, I am sorry,” Mitchelle says, making the entire situation hilarious.

Netizens react to Mitchelle’s video

Misango Fay said:

“Mitchelle is the kind of friend that will get both of you beaten if you try defending her.”

Wanjiru:

“Even social anxiety fears you.”

Aber:

“You keep my balance the entire trip, don’t you think I have other things to occupy my thoughts?”

Gadwyrm Kiragu:

“I swear I need your kind of courage.”

Official Tekillar:

“When things started getting worse, you had to apologize.”

Xs Fate:

“I love how they all went silent when you said sorry.”

Uproar over video of high school students hanging onto matatu

In separate news, Kenyans expressed discontent with a viral video of high school students dangerously hanging out of a speeding matatu.

The footage showed several students fully dressed in their school uniforms, clinging to the door of the packed matatu as it hurtled down a busy road.

The Kenya Police Welfare addressed the issue following an online uproar and called on the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to take action.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke