A STRIKE by drivers and conductors of Kenya’s mini-buses continued to disrupt normal activities in Nairobi on Thursday with workers arriving in their offices late and many shops closed. Commuters struggled to board crowded Kenya Bus Company vehicles, the only available means of public transport, but many waited at bus stops for hours. Mini-bus owners, drivers and touts have gone on strike to protest government plans to enforce new licensing rules, which they say would increase their operating costs and put many touts out of work. The new regulations would entail more licences and insurance for the mini-buses, their drivers and conductors, and the touts, who look for passengers, some of whom would be replaced by municipal workers. Mini-bus drivers are accused of causing accidents due to their reckless driving, and the touts are accused of harassing passengers.