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Agents from a company promoting and distributing Beba cards, a Google developed digital payment system, explaining to commuters how to load funds and keep track of their credit with the help of their mobile phone. The Matatu (Swahili name for minibus) is the backbone of Nairobi's mass transport system. Thousands of people use them for their daily commute between their home and city centre to go to work. The government wants to clean up the transport sector, get rid of the cartels and tax the multi million dollar turnover. They are trying to expand the use of a pre-loaded card which, when tapped to an electronic device, will deduct the fare. But most Matatu owners are reluctant to use this latest technology push by the government.