Who remembers?

Like many other “ambitious” projects and proposals these inevitably ended up being a white elephant.

They were initially praised for improving the security posture of the city but old habits die hard; soon as the new paint on these booths began to fade and peel off under the hot nairobi sun, oversight also begun to wane, rust ate into and weakened the structures, D minus haters shattered the windows, parts were cannibalized for scrap, akina @flossin Mauwano sprayed derogatory graffiti all over them then, slowly, they were manned by fewer and fewer D minus.

Those suspects apprehended (mostly for “loitering”) were marooned and left unmonitored in the baking heat in the cells, and extortion came closer to the people as suspects had to pay their way out, then eventually, as ndindu predictably sings, they quietly vanished from the streets without a word from the force (back then it was a force, not a service):rolleyes:.

Do you think this was a good initiative?

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Which reminded me of the container scandal. You know, the one in which billions were lost and essentially no one found culpable? What makes it so hard for us to plan all the way to the end?

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Right now vijiiini kungekuwa na clinics na akina rexxsimba wangekuwa wanahudumia wagonjwa, si kujaza hard drives na momos na kuzi-upload huku.

But the revolving door of theft, mediocrity and mismanagement only let some hyneas out to allow new ones in.

Anyway I digress.

What are your memories about those booths?