[kictanet] Thika Road Debate

[Evans Ikua]

Daktari,
I beg to disagree with your statement that Kenya is a very advanced country
in many respects. I would say that we are about 50 years behind where we
should be. The roads that we are now building should have been done in the
60s. For instance, how do you say that we are advanced when we cant even
get water to our houses in the capital city? Where I live, we get water
once a week when we are lucky. And that is supposed to be a  middle class
housing estate in the capital city? I know many other places where they are
not so lucky.

Just look at our roads in Nairobi (dont even go to Moyale). Have they
repaired the roads in Westlands? We have pot holes in the CBD of Nairobi!
Even smaller banana republics in Africa have smoother roads. We have sewage
spewing out of manholes all over. Our people are dying of hunger, whether
it rains or shines. Public hospitals are a shame. Public transport is a
disaster. But we are used to all that!

While we may be doing better than several of our neighbours, that is
basically our biggest problem. We compare ourselves with Somalia and we
call ourselves advanced!

Evans

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 9:44 PM, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com>wrote:

>   Overall I think Mr Gaitho is right. Kenya is a very advanced country in
> many respects but the poor roads are an enigma. One does not need to go
> far. I was impressed with the roads in Addis Ababa. Someone told me that
> the Addis-Moyale road is tarmacked smooth while the Nairobi-Moyale one,
> which is shorter, is not.
>  One factual correction though, The Kenya Rural Roads Authority and Kenya
> Urban Roads Authority are not under the purvue of Eng. Kidenda. He is in
> charge only of the Kenya National Highways Authority.
>
>  Waudo
>
>  On Tue, Jun 26, 2012, at 06:29 PM, Grace Githaiga wrote:
>
>
>  Listers
>
>  I think Macharia Gaitho is referring to our discussions on roads. For
> those who missed, the link posted below.
>
>  Let’s not gloat about building great roads until we venture out of Kenya
> http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1435452/-/lqcdb7z/-/index.html
>
>  Rgds
>  GG
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