A Kenyan bus company aims to retire all its diesel buses by 2026. The OMA Sacco that operates on various Nairobi routes is following a strategy where it retires a diesel bus for every electric bus that is acquired.
OMA Sacco works in collaboration with Basi-Go, one of the two mainstream electric bus manufacturers in Kenya.
OMA SACCO also made history when it became the first company in the city to operate an all-electric bus fleet on a key route. It has 12 electric buses operating between Kariobangi South and Nairobi Central Business District (CBD), after retiring all diesel buses in the route.
Every time we acquire an electric bus, we retire a diesel one. By 2026, we aim to have 30 electric buses in our fleet.
~ OMA Services Limited CEO and Director George Githinji
The SACCO has reserved 67 more electric buses according to Basi-Go.
“This partnership is more than a transition to emobility; it is proof that commercially viable e-mobility is here, now. Each new bus deployed, accelerates our shared roadmap to place 1,000 electric buses on East Africa’s roads within the next three years.” ~ Basi-Go
In Rwanda, Basi-Go also unveiled an all electric bus route on 24 May 2025. Kigali’s first-ever all-electric scheduled bus route from Nyabugogo to Kabuga went live powered by 10 BasiGo electric buses!
The route was made possible in partnership with Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA), City of Kigali, Ecofleet, and Bus Operators.
