Private roads to link all counties in Kenya in a “autobahn” network began today with the investor conference at safari park. The private roads will run parallel to public roads. The private roads will be put up by investors who will acquire land, design, build, operate, maintain the roads and all additional services like emergency services (breakdowns-ambulances-security guards). Roads to be developed through PPP are Mombasa-Nairobi, Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit, Nairobi-Thika & 2nd Nyali Bridge. Mombasa-Nairobi Highway has been packaged into 3: JKIA-Kibwezi (160km), Kibwezi-Voi (145km) & Vo- Mombasa (180km). Nairobi - Nakuru - Mau Summit Road is already under tender. The Nairobi- Mau Summit PPP project stretch is 273km. All these roads that shall be put under this programme shall not receive Road Maintenance Fuel Levy.
@spear ebu look at this misleading headline. Yaani watu wengi watasoma wakijua ni scandal mpya. I’m sure there’s a guy at a bar this saturday who will be like, “Yaani Jubilee inatumia 320 billion kujenga barabara tatu na daraja moja tu? Hawa watu watatumalisa.”
[SIZE=6]“Transport Ministry to spend Sh320bn on 3 roads, bridge”[/SIZE]
Iyo Nairobi-Thika ni gani. Are we doing away with the super highway. And why build a new road kama kuna superhighway? Why not use the funds to construct Kitale Lodwar road or any other…
Yesterday the Ministry of Transport and KeNHA were literary spoon feeding the media the details to get it right. How difficult is for a journalist, editor, senior editor and managing editor to understand the difference between Private and Public roads. They even showed illustrations of private roads beside public roads across the world and how they complement each other lakini wapi. Nation media had reformed since Aga Khan visit where the biased senior editors fighting government had been fired and they moved to standard media. This new campaign of deliberate misinformation started with the cooked headline of the “Kshs 5 billion lose at Afya House” At press pass Dennis Itumbi gave the facts and completely embarrassed the nation reporters and editors. That PressPass program was even deleted from their links. Having proved them wrong he asked if Nation will write an apology and the silence was deafening. Yesterday the same internal editor said openly to the parliamentary committee that his report doesn’t state what the media is alluding to and he can’t understand the figures they are reporting. He gave them his 1st draft audit query to the committee and his other drafts the previous years to show its not yet complete until the relevant people reply with the documents he has requested. Its only then that he can complete the audit and submit it forward to auditor general for further analysis. Problem is even he himself who is the primary source of the audit is being asked to explain media reports that he doesn’t write over what he has actually stated in his report.
Simple read my post carefully. This is a private road not a public road. Government isn’t spending a cent to build it. How difficult is it for a nation to visualize a simple concept like this. The private investors will build and elevated highway either two storey or three above Thika highway because that is where the demand is right now. Between 5am to 8am, 4pm to 7pm Thika superhighway is jam packed. All those housing projects along the road have reversed all the gains that road was meant to achieve in under 5 years.
The rest of the Country also needs good roads whether public or private. Thika people are ok for now, thats my take…and by the way mimi hutumia hiyo njia daily.