[kictanet] Thika Road Debate

[Paul Roy]

What about roads in upperhill?





On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Mugo Kibati <mugo at vision2030.go.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> Been following this discussion and would just like to make a couple of
> comments:
>
> 1) The roads authorities were created to ensure specific allocation of
> responsibility which lacked in the past. So Eng. Kidenda as CEO of the
> Kenya National Highways Authority can be held responsible for the highways
> and trunk roads but not the urban roads which are squarely the
> responsibility of the Kenya Urban Roads Authority.
>
> 2) We have a great deal yet to do. As one of you intimated, some of what
> we are doing ought to have been done on the 60s and while that may be true,
> we still have to do it today if we didn't do it then. This even as we
> simultaneously move to the next level. The challenges raised by listers
> here are precisely what we need to raise the bar!
>
> Regards,
>
> Mugo
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 27 Jun 2012, at 11:34, waudo siganga <emailsignet at mailcan.com> wrote:
>
>   Noted Gaitho. Great article.
>
>  On Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 09:32 AM, Macharia Gaitho wrote:
>
>  Waudo,
>
>  I did not say that Rural and Urban Roads Authorities lie in Mr Kidenda's
> docket; I said they fall BELOW has radar. Yaani, they are beneath him.
>
>  Regards,
>
> Macharia Gaitho
>
>
> On Jun 26, 2012, at 21:45, "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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