Roads and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen has spoken about the death of a 17-year-old along Outering Road on Wednesday.
In a statement on Friday, Murkomen sent a condolence message to the family and friends for their loss.
"As a Ministry, we pass our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the bereaved," he said.
The boy was allegedly pushed by a tout out of a vehicle along Outering Road and ran over to death by the same bus.
Preliminary information indicated that the teenager was short of the required fare of Sh20, which then led to an altercation with the tout.
The alleged conductor, Dennis Mageto Ombichi, has since been arrested and is detained at the Capitol Hill Police Station.
He was apprehended by officers from the National Transport and Safety Authority on Friday, who handed him over to police officers at Capitol Hill.
Murkomen said the conductor is held for the offence of failing due care of passengers aboard a PSV Vehicle.
Earlier on, the vehicle's driver identified as Geoffrey said he was not aware of what had transpired in the bus.
"I carried people from Pipeline when it was full and we were heading to town. When we got near Kware, the conductor signalled me to stop to allow passengers to alight," he said.
"In the process of switching lanes to alight people, I felt like I had stepped on something like a stone. When I checked the side mirror, I saw it was a person."
The Chairman of Embassava Sacco Benson Njoroge apologised to the family for their loss.
