Getting around Kinshasa is a headache for the Kinshasa population. The price varies from day to day and only increases. Long journeys or not, you have to pay a fortune to get around the city. Motorcyclists and vehicle drivers set the price they want. Traffic jam or not, the price of transport hurts.
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Cries of alarm from the people of Kinshasa
Some Kinshasa residents deplored this annoying and atrocious situation.
« Pedestrians suffer! We no longer know how much transport costs. Because we find the price differently from day to day. What’s serious is that the price only increases.
Those who do not have enough means use their feet as a means of transport to the place where they can take a bus according to their means. Traffic jams or not, rise in fuel prices or not, drivers set prices according to their moods.complains a young man from Matete.
And to continue:
« A trip from Beau marche to Pont Matete costs 2000 CDF or 3000 CDF. From the Chancellerie stop in the commune of La Gombe to the Rond point Huileries, 1000 or 1500 CDF please. The transport of 500 CDF is found very rarely!“, lamented a Kinshasa resident we met at the restaurant stop towards IFASIC.
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The half-court puzzle for the people of Kinshasa
« To earn more, the majority of vehicle drivers no longer want to drive long distances. They use a system commonly called, “half court” and set a very high price. This is deplorable! What is the provincial transport minister doing to alleviate this situation?“, asks a person from Kinshasa.
And to continue:
« Moreover, the Sonas-Kingasani Boulevard route no longer exists. You have to take transport from Baramoto 1,500 CDF, especially in the evening. Then from Baramoto to Pont Matete 1,500 CDF and so on. These residents sometimes walk long distances because the bus drivers set exorbitant pricess”, testimony of a Kinshasa woman taking a bus on Boulevard Kingasani.
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Motorists’ justification
For some, this situation is due to traffic jams and dilapidated roads. For others, it was imperative to total the payment costs.
« Following the deterioration of the roads, we encounter monster traffic jams. Almost all the streets of Kinshasa are in a dilapidated state. The government must review please! », complains a bus driver.
Note that the Congolese government must set a price for each journey, so that motorists no longer set the price according to them. But also, reorganized the roads to avoid certain traffic jams.
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Charlotte July