Motorcycle ride service, Safeboda is closing it's operations in Mombasa .

In a message to customers, the company notes they will be closing their operations in the county starting next Monday, February 24.

"Mpendwa..., tunajuta kukujulisha kuwa tunafunga shughuli zetu za Mombasa Jumatatu ijayo, tarehe 24 Februari, 2020. Uamuzi mgumu kweli kwani tumefurahia support yako zaidi ya miezi 10 iliyopita. Credit yoyote iliosalia kwa akaunti yako itaregeshwa kupitia Mpesa Jumanne tarehe 25 Februari , 2020. Asante"reads a message from the company to customers.

Ommy Dallah contacted the company through it's official facebook page to verify the information and it was indeed confirmed.

"Hi Ommy, unfortunately this is true. We did not want to leave, but we had to close due to unavoidable circumstances." reads the reply to Ommy Dallah from Safeboda's official facebook page.

A source has however confirmed to Ommy Dallah that the company has been forced to take the action due to bad business.

"Business failed to grow so it did not meet the expectations, that is the main reason and  this might be because of the tough times in Mombasa"said the source.

SafeBoda which has it's headquarters in Kampala Uganda joined the Mombasa market last year(2019) May, it was first introduced in Nairobi in 2018.

The company joins a list of other businesses that have been forced to close shop in Mombasa with most shops in town remaining vacant due to tough times.

A study done by the University of Nairobi School of Business and released September last year following a year of investigations revealed that Mombasa had already lost Sh17.4 billion and 2,987 jobs equivalent to 8.4 per cent of its annual earnings since the implementation of government policies requiring mandatory transfer of most import cargo through the  SGR freight service to Nairobi in 2017.

The study also projected myriads of direct losses including huge job losses and mass relocation of residents away from Mombasa.