[kictanet] RESPONSES FROM ENGINEER KIDENDA ON THE STATE OF KENYAN ROADS
Eric Aligula
jairah at kippra.or.ke
Wed May 30 15:47:56 EAT 2012
Listers
Generally, road safety audits involve the deliberate evaluation of road
development schemes during design, construction and operation with the
specific purpose of identifying potential road safety challenges to any
road user (pedestrians and drivers) and proposing mitigation measures
(countermeasures) to remove or mitigate those challenges. It is a
formal, written process involving signed reports.
The import of this discussion would be to support KENHA and all other
road authorities to pursue the integration of these processes in our
road infrastructure development processes.
Part of the reason why this process should be an arm's length process is
the fact that segregation of functions is key to ensuring significant
reductions in the cost of road crashes on the economy. I submit it is
part of the overall effort of reducing the cost of doing business in the
country for both domestic and foreign investors.
Kind regards
Eric Aligula Magolo, PhD
Programmes Coordinator & Ag. Head, Infrastructure and Economic Services
Division
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)
P.O. Box 56445, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254-20-2719933/4
Fax: +254-20-2719951
E-mail: jairah at kippra.or.ke <mailto:jairah at kippra.or.ke>
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From: Ali Hussein [mailto:ali at hussein.me.ke]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 2:51 PM
To: Eric Aligula
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] RESPONSES FROM ENGINEER KIDENDA ON THE STATE OF
KENYAN ROADS
I concur with Eric on this one. To expect Chiefs to do audits on the
quality of work done on Roads Construction & Maintenance is Pedestrian
(Pun intended!) thinking..
Having said that, Eric, it would be good to know what the agencies
responsible are doing to ensure well done work on our infrastructure.
What piques me is the obvious lack of finishing in some of the projects
(which i guess Chiefs) can point out... :-)
Regards
Ali Hussein
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Eric Aligula <jairah at kippra.or.ke>
wrote:
Listers
Internal audits, are very different from mandated, arm's length road
safety audits.
The outcomes cannot be the same.
Kind regards
Eric Aligula Magolo, PhD
Programmes Coordinator & Ag. Head, Infrastructure and Economic Services
Division
Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA)
P.O. Box 56445, 00200 Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254-20-2719933/4
Fax: +254-20-2719951
E-mail: jairah at kippra.or.ke
URL: www.kippra.org
Proudly Kenyan, Kenyan by Nature!
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been
granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I
do not shrink from this responsibility..........I welcome it."
John F. Kennedy
"To allow other people's assessment of you to determine your own
self-assessment is a very big mistake"
Columbia University President Lee Bollinger
"Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though
checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who
neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray
twilight that knows not victory, nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Ex Africa semper aliquid novi"
"Per aspera ad astra!"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-
> bounces+jairah=kippra.or.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Michuki
> Mwangi
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:47 PM
> To: Eric Aligula
> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] RESPONSES FROM ENGINEER KIDENDA ON THE STATE
> OF KENYAN ROADS
>
> Hi GG, et al,
>
> While the response is appreciated, it is apparently clear IMHO that
internal
> audits for safety standards do not work for us. Further, it is almost
evident
> that no one can be held accountable or responsible for Road Safety
other
> than myself.
>
> IMHO an independently entity such as NEMA should be mandated to ensure
> the bare minimum road safety standards such as markings, signage,
safety
> engineering, are in place on our roads. Absence should lead to
automatic
> closures of the roads until the safety features are implemented.
>
> For instance, the so called black-spots have been at the same location
for
> decades. Sadly even the bare minimum signage, that one is approaching
a
> black-spot, is missing let alone re-engineering the road to eliminate
the
> problem (be it a social or technical cause).
>
> With economic growth, we can expect to have many new including young
> and old drivers coming onto the roads every day. Without some basic
safety
> standards and guidelines we can bet the carnage will only get worse.
>
> As such if road safety is entirely my sole responsibility then excuse
my
> cynicism and probably that of others when using our roads.
>
> my 2 cents.
>
> Michuki.
>
>
> On 5/30/12 11:32 AM, Grace Githaiga wrote:
> > Listers
> >
> > Greetings.
> >
> > Kindly find attached a response from Engineer Kidenda on the state
of
> > Kenyan Roads.
> >
> > Rgds
> > Grace
> >
> >
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> > --
> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 09:23:03 +0100
> > From: ekebaya at yahoo.co.uk
> > Subject: RE: KENYA ICT ACTION NETWORK QUESTIONS TO ENGINEER
> KIDENDA ON
> > THE STATE OF KENYAN ROADS
> > To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com; dg at kenha.co.ke; otieno.barrack at gmail.com
> >
> > Dear Grace,
> >
> > I sent this response to you yesterday from our official mail but it
> > seems it did not get through.
> >
> > Kindly acknowledge receipt
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Esther Kebaya
> > for: Director General, KeNHA
> >
> >
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