[kictanet] How to fix public transport

Fri Nov 11 00:44:40 EAT 2011

Well said Waudo i second you totally. Matatu is the epitome of impunity in
our great republic.

My three cents

Best Regards

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:24 AM, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com>wrote:

>  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 <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...
> >
> >
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > If you have the strength to survive, you have the power to succeed. Life
> is all about choices we make depending upon the situation we are in. Go
> forth and rule the World!
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:36:19 +0300
> > From: conradakunga at gmail.com
> > Subject: [kictanet] How to fix public transport
> > CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> > To: 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
> >
> >
> http://sufuriaeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/11/sufuria-solutions-smooth-matatu.html
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