Matatu

A "matatu" is a van used for public transportation. They make up the bus service in Kenya. The vast majority of people don't have cars, so they take these intra-city and inter-city matatus to get around.

Eldoret is a safe city, but we are advised to not walk after dark. So Monday night after clinic ended, we arranged for the hospital to give us a ride back to IU House using their van and driver.

Dr. Ed Weisberger was seeing his last clinic patient Tuesday night, and in conversation asked the patient if he had a job. The patient said he was a driver. Ed asked him what kind of driver. He said he drove a matatu. Ed asked him what a matatu was and heard the answer. Ed asked him if he had it with him. The answer was yes, so Ed asked him if he would give the team a ride back to IU House. And that's how they returned Tuesday night.