[kictanet] How to fix public transport

[waudo siganga]

people should not forget that the public transport system in
Nairobi at one time after independence upto mid-1970s worked very
well. Kenya Bus Services was run by the NCC with some private
sector equity and the colonists left it with a monopoly in
Nairobi. Buses were so efficient and reliable one could set their
watch using then. Ramshackles were not allowed in the city.  In
the early 70s a presidential roadside declaration opened the way
for the matatu chaos, the so-called "matunda ya Uhuru". KBS
collapsed. I suggest that it is easier and cheaper to study the
Nairobi of yore than going to Bogota. Another example - the way
the public transport runs in Geneva today has an uncanny
resenblance to that of Nairobi of those days.

A related problem that needs to be resolved concurrently is
generally poor and unmaintained roads. It is said that in the
colonial days a single pothole receiving to attention was enough
to get someone sacked.

Waudo
On Thursday, November 10, 2011 8:33 PM, "Grace Githaiga"
<ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:

In addition to man and woman hours wasted in traffic,
the expoitation of commuters by Matatus is sickening. I have just
learnt from one of my facebook friends that there was traffic
on Thika Road in the evening near Muthaiga, and they had to pay
Kes 150 to Kasarani. Dont Kenyas need proper and just
fares? Seriously....

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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:19:58 +0300
Subject: Re: How to fix public transport
From: conradakunga at gmail.com
To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
That is what frustrates me the most.
Everyone has overtaken us, starting from the Koreans who came
here in the 60s to learn from us to the Rwandans who are
overtaking us in leaps and bounds.
What use are blueprints and manifestos and plans if we never
execute?
If we calculated how many man hours are wasted in commutes to and
from work a day that figure would be staggering.
On Thursday, November 10, 2011, Grace Githaiga
<[1]ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Rad for the link. I must say that the case of Bogota is
not new to the Kenya government. A couple of years ago after the
Michuki rules were in place, I bumped onto the then PS for
Transport Gerishon Ikiara with a team from the Ministry. They
were in Bogo (as the locals fondly call this city) to study the
transport system. Having been a student of Ikiara and knowing how
serious he can be, I imagine his team must have made
recommendations that 'someone' or 'some people' were simply not
interested for reasons known to many Kenyans. Dont forget we had
a Minister of Transport who admitted to having a stake in the
Matatu business. There must be political will...
>
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> If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to
succeed. Life is all about choices we make depending upon the
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> ________________________________
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:36:19 +0300
> From: [2]conradakunga at gmail.com
> Subject: [kictanet] How to fix public transport
> CC: [3]kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> To: [4]ggithaiga at hotmail.com
>
> Good people,
>
> I have just run across an analysis of how to fix the public
transport sector that encourages quite some food for thought.
>
> Such are the things that we need to fix for Vision 2030 to have
a chance of working
>
>
[5]http://sufuriaeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/11/sufuria-solutions
-smooth-matatu.html
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