Hi Jon Jones,
I can speak only as a larger vehicle owner (33 seater) - this has not really impacted me much - remember, you set a driver a target. How he achieves it is really up to him.
Matatus implement a similar *read kienyeji* airline/hotels Revenue management system. During peak, they will push up pricing and drop the rates off peak. The drivers know how to deal around this.
As an owner, only deal with the driver and my expectation is net daily (Allowance accepted for the occasional police/city council). When fuel prices are up, I gain as the net does not change. When fuel prices are down, he gains.

Even if that was possible,would Toyota Kenya have the capacity?They probably have authorized garages that can do the servicing..but then how are those garages chosen?Kujuana,competence or both?

All the very best

This might be hard to come by Believe the best way to go about it is to ask questions and those with ideas/information on the forum would assist.

depends...... is it a 14 0r 33 seater, new or second hand. if its a new 33 seater then the body builders will do most the work for you and the vehicle will be ready for business when you pick it up. If its a second hand 14 seater then you will need to do all the inspections by ntsa, payment of advance duty and also installation of things such as seats among others. Sacco will mostly deal with day to day operations such as paying for city council parking fees and applying for TLB.

Its not funny.. I simply consider it a very tough business unless the matatu owner is part of the 'system'

This is a late reply. December was boom. Muchiki rules that removed probox on the road made things better for us legal folks.

The business really needs you to be hands on. I think owners should have a way of reporting bad drivers. So they are forced to not steal your tyres :)