Vaya
has kept its promise to ferry nurses, doctors and other public healthcare
workers for free, by deploying more than 400 Vaya Shuttle buses.
CEO for Vaya Zimbabwe Mrs Dorothy Zimuto said they were ramping up the service so that all hospitals and clinics are covered nationwide.
“The
Shuttle bus service is now in full swing and the company is learning daily
about the needs of nurses, doctors and other workers in order to ensure that
hospitals run smoothly despite the current economic challenges,” Mrs Zimuto
said.
Earlier this month Vaya announced that it was offering free transport for 30 days to nurses and doctors at public hospitals and clinics under its Vaya Shuttle service. The promotion came at a time the company is also rolling out another car-sharing service called Vaya Carpool.
Vaya is the country’s largest transport and logistics group operated by Cassava On Demand Services, and already now boasts more than 25 000 vehicles on its digital platform. The vehicles include cars, trucks, tractors and water tankers.
The
group recently announced plans to introduce a School Shuttle bus service, set
to kick in next month, which will pick up school children from their homes and
drop them off at school and back.
Mrs
Zimuto said Vaya had also been testing what it calls Vaya Corporate Shuttle in
which companies and organisations can order mini buses to transport their staff
to and from work.
“The
Corporate Shuttle is a very convenient service aimed at companies and
organisations that want to help and support their employees with transport in a
cost-effective in this difficult environment,” Mrs Zimuto said.
Meanwhile
a Vaya subsidiary called Clean City, which uses the same digital platform, now
collects much of the refuse in Harare using private trucks and franchised waste
collection companies.
Plans
are said to be already in the pipeline to extend the service to all cities and
towns by the end of November this year.
