About Us   |   Contact Us   |  
Submission  

Reconciling Economic Livelihood with Moral Integrity: Appraisal of the Socio-Economic Significance and Emerging Ethical Challenges in Kenya’s Boda-Boda Sector

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjhcs.2026.v08i04.005
PDF
HTML
XML

Boda-boda transport has emerged as one of the most significant socio-economic innovations in contemporary Kenya. It has transformed the mobility of people and goods, created widespread employment for young men and women, and contributed to the growth of local economies. Despite its immense value, the sector is increasingly associated with indiscipline, lawlessness, and moral decline. Riders frequently disregard traffic regulations, contribute to rising road accidents, and in some cases engage in criminal activities. This dual character of the boda-boda sector presents a complex moral dilemma that demands more than technical solutions. This paper employs Structural Functionalism and African Communitarian Ethical Theory (Ubuntu) to examine the socio-economic importance of boda-boda transport and its attendant moral challenges. Structural Functionalism provides a framework for understanding how boda-boda transport functions as a social system that both stabilizes and destabilizes society, while African Communitarian Ethics offers a moral lens grounded in the sacredness of life, communal harmony, and moral responsibility. The paper argues that the crisis of indiscipline in the boda-boda sector reflects a deeper moral and spiritual disorder that can only be addressed through a combination of structural regulation and moral reawakening. It concludes that reorienting boda-boda transport towards communal responsibility and respect for life, inspired by African religious values, can transform the sector into a moral and developmental asset for the nation.

TOP EDITORS

OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS

Professor Thomas Count Dracula, MD, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Haematology Head — Experimental, Historical & Sensory Haematology Vlad the Impaler University, Wolf’s Lane, Wooden Stakes Grove 666, Transylvania.

BEST AUTHOR

Of The Month

TRACK YOUR ARTICLE

Enter the Manuscript Reference Number (MRN)
Get Details

Contact us


EAS Publisher (East African Scholars Publisher)
Nairobi, Kenya


Phone : +91-9365665504
Whatsapp : +91-8724002629
Email : easpublisher@gmail.com

About Us


EAS Publisher (East African Scholars Publisher) is an international scholar’s publisher for open access scientific journals in both print and online publishing from Kenya. Its aim is to provide scholars ... Read More Here

*This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2020, All Rights Reserved | SASPR Edu International Pvt. Ltd.

Developed by JM