It has helped, but why do we glorify and accept mediocre efficiency when we should have had newer technology than New York or London that had their cameras in place and have helped identify suspects years ago?
In Kenya, we paid over Ksh 9 billion for 1800 cameras but what is the point if the quality is not standardized across the board and suspects cannot be identified?
A picture is worth a thousand words, who can forget the mugging epidemic that recently erupted across Nairobi, if they could have been identified solely from the cameras, do you think they would be mugging people? Has the below suspect been identified for example?
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The camera in the forests is not a bad idea but why does anything done by Kenyan government cost a thousand times more than what it costs African countries? Our politician salaries, our elections budgets, our census budget, our SGR budget and our education budget are always always inflated to staggering proportions.
Forest Cameras are a real thing they’re used to montior movements of people and animals in forests. They’re mainly placed along strategic areas and trails and are checked regularly by rangers. If this is what they’re doing I approve.
the issue is not monies or technologies ! It’s integrity of people madated to give the services, corruption corruption corruption at all levels .A noble project is proposed , approved, money set aside , exaggerated and eaten !
Perhaps it did not occur to you that it was the PS who invited journalists to his home on a Sunday and addressed them. Second, all ministries already have budgetary allocations. Most governments including the USA perpetually operate on debt with a few exceptions. Last but not least you seem to be behind the times https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Kenya-not-broke-CS-Henry-Rotich-says/1056-4333698-v2pgtd/index.html
Are you suggesting that 20 billion is a fair price? It should be obvious to anyone that if in an advanced economy where labour and costs of implementation are higher, that spending 10 times as much as them for inferior quality is amounts to being taken for a ride.
