The NTSA on Tuesday, December 17, denied a statement by Modern Coast about lifting the suspension of the bus company's licence.
The company had earlier in the day tweeted that they would reschedule trips for passengers who had already paid since they had reached an agreement with the transport regulator.
"We are pleased to inform all our passengers that we have received permission from NTSA to resume normal scheduled bus services from 1.00 pm today," the transport company had claimed.
"This is to notify members of the public that the suspension of Modern Coast Express has not been lifted," NTSA refuted.
In a rejoinder, Modern Coast Express shared a letter that was allegedly sent to them from NTSA allowing their 43 buses that had passed inspection to resume services.
The company had submitted 74 busses for inspection at the NTSA inspectorate offices in Mombasa and Nairobi.
They further revealed the list of the 43 busses that had passed inspection.
According to Modern Coast, the suspension had been lifted drivers and conductors were sensitised on road safety and customer care at the company's yards in Nairobi and Mombasa.
"So far 46 buses have been inspected at the various inspection centres across the country by NTSA whilst the rest of the fleet is awaiting inspection. We expect the rest of the fleet to be finalized in the next few days," Modern Coast informed on Monday, December 16.
NTSA suspended its services after a fatal accident that involved two buses from their company that left seven dead and over 50 injured.
According to Makueni County Police Commander Joseph ole Napeiyan, the two Modern Coast buses collided on the morning of Thursday, December 12 in Kiongwani along the Nairobi -Mombasa Highway.
The accident happened at around 2:40 am as reported by the Daily Nation. The injured were rushed to the Sultan Hamud Sub-county Hospital.
"One of the buses was heading from Malaba town while the other one was heading towards Nairobi when the accident occurred. The bus coming from Mombasa left its lane and collided with the oncoming bus," Napeiyan was quoted by Daily Nation.
The accident came barely a month after another Modern Coast bus that was headed to Kampala Uganda was involved in an accident in Kericho leaving 23 injured an one dead, on November 22.
On June 1, another Modern Coast bus was involved in a head-on collision with a matatu leaving eight people dead and six others injured.
