Friends,
As we approach our 50th Year of Independence, a few things are not adding up.
First, the Executive Wing of our Government is blowing hot and cold at the same time. We are seeing great Transformation in many sectors of our lives and at the same time, Mega Scandals are ever cropping up. Roads are being expanded in some regions of Kenya at a time, the main artillery to Western Kenya looks like a forgotten case.
A drive from Nairobi to Kisumu is as sweet till you branch at the Mau Summit Junction. The moment the front wheels hit the Junction, you are in another Kenya. The Road is Hell on Earth- Hellon, till you reach Kisumu. For the last 10 Years, this road has been on a permanent mode of Repair. It makes me ask, why are the People of this region being such punished, or, do we not buy fuel across Kenya just like the rest of Kenyans do?
The rains have been with us for just about a week, and the kind of havoc it has created across Kenya makes me ask; How competent are our Road Engineers?
I ask this because, many roads have developed insurmountable craters and they have become a sure death trap for many innocent Kenyan Taxpayers. Across the whole Country, drainage systems are not there, not that they have collapsed. They have never been built, and for the ones that have been built, there is no professional input.
Just drive around Umoja around Mutindwa as you head to Donholm. You will see some neat works by the road sides. The neat works are meant to be a drainage system. Follow the works closely and you will see that this was a process simply meant to consume some money. The drainage is heading nowhere. Yet, some tidy some of money seems to have been spent on this project.
The same applies almost across the whole Country.
I want to ask; How competent are our Road Engineers?
Then look at the Water sector. We have enough water now, all over the Country. And all this water is heading to the Lake or to the Ocean. Our Hydro Dams are full now, and water is freely flowing to the Ocean. But soon and very soon, we will be told that Power is being Rationed because the Water levels in our Hydro Dams are low.
Now, I want to ask; How competent are our Water and Engineers?
Most parts of Kenya have no water and even in Nairobi, our Water Taps have been so dry for as long as I can remember. What happened to Professionalism and what happened to the well known promise of Water for all by the Year 2000?
This Professional Incompetence seems to be replicated across almost all the Professions in Kenya. Look at the Kenya Power and Lighting Company. We have been saddled with persistent power brakedowns across Kenya and the worst was when our President His Excellency Mwai Kibaki suffered two major power breakdowns at KICC as he was giving his speech. In Ruai area in Nairobi, the residents have made enough complaints to Kenya Power, complaints that seem never to bother the power barons at KPLC. I bet someone is sleeping on his job at a time when we have many young Kenyans who are able and willing to drive Kenya to success.
I want to again ask; How competent are our Engineers at KPLC?
Lastly, I want to raise issues with our Environment Experts who have been employed at the various Local Authorities and at the Ministry of Environment. It looks like making Kenya clean is something simply beyond their reach. They have the knowledge- or so do I assume, unless the Degrees are fake, and they have the resources and they have the general goodwill from Kenyans. What is holding them back?
I took these two pictures this morning at the Bus Stage behind Tusker and off Ronald Ngala Street at Mfangano Lane, in the heart of Nairobi, the Capital City of Kenya;
And I want to ask; How competent are our Environment Experts?
Time has come when Kenyans will now be moving to court to have these Incompetent Professionals surcharged for dereliction of duty at a time we are paying them to ensure we are well served as a Country. We all have a right to drive in good roads. We all have a Constitutional Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment. And we have tasked some people to deliver on these at a Monthly Salary plus generous allowances. It is time they shaped up or shipped out. The law is so clear.
Peace and blessings,
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign,
Tel; 0724 365 557.
As we approach our 50th Year of Independence, a few things are not adding up.
First, the Executive Wing of our Government is blowing hot and cold at the same time. We are seeing great Transformation in many sectors of our lives and at the same time, Mega Scandals are ever cropping up. Roads are being expanded in some regions of Kenya at a time, the main artillery to Western Kenya looks like a forgotten case.
A drive from Nairobi to Kisumu is as sweet till you branch at the Mau Summit Junction. The moment the front wheels hit the Junction, you are in another Kenya. The Road is Hell on Earth- Hellon, till you reach Kisumu. For the last 10 Years, this road has been on a permanent mode of Repair. It makes me ask, why are the People of this region being such punished, or, do we not buy fuel across Kenya just like the rest of Kenyans do?
The rains have been with us for just about a week, and the kind of havoc it has created across Kenya makes me ask; How competent are our Road Engineers?
I ask this because, many roads have developed insurmountable craters and they have become a sure death trap for many innocent Kenyan Taxpayers. Across the whole Country, drainage systems are not there, not that they have collapsed. They have never been built, and for the ones that have been built, there is no professional input.
Just drive around Umoja around Mutindwa as you head to Donholm. You will see some neat works by the road sides. The neat works are meant to be a drainage system. Follow the works closely and you will see that this was a process simply meant to consume some money. The drainage is heading nowhere. Yet, some tidy some of money seems to have been spent on this project.
The same applies almost across the whole Country.
I want to ask; How competent are our Road Engineers?
Then look at the Water sector. We have enough water now, all over the Country. And all this water is heading to the Lake or to the Ocean. Our Hydro Dams are full now, and water is freely flowing to the Ocean. But soon and very soon, we will be told that Power is being Rationed because the Water levels in our Hydro Dams are low.
Now, I want to ask; How competent are our Water and Engineers?
Most parts of Kenya have no water and even in Nairobi, our Water Taps have been so dry for as long as I can remember. What happened to Professionalism and what happened to the well known promise of Water for all by the Year 2000?
This Professional Incompetence seems to be replicated across almost all the Professions in Kenya. Look at the Kenya Power and Lighting Company. We have been saddled with persistent power brakedowns across Kenya and the worst was when our President His Excellency Mwai Kibaki suffered two major power breakdowns at KICC as he was giving his speech. In Ruai area in Nairobi, the residents have made enough complaints to Kenya Power, complaints that seem never to bother the power barons at KPLC. I bet someone is sleeping on his job at a time when we have many young Kenyans who are able and willing to drive Kenya to success.
I want to again ask; How competent are our Engineers at KPLC?
Lastly, I want to raise issues with our Environment Experts who have been employed at the various Local Authorities and at the Ministry of Environment. It looks like making Kenya clean is something simply beyond their reach. They have the knowledge- or so do I assume, unless the Degrees are fake, and they have the resources and they have the general goodwill from Kenyans. What is holding them back?
I took these two pictures this morning at the Bus Stage behind Tusker and off Ronald Ngala Street at Mfangano Lane, in the heart of Nairobi, the Capital City of Kenya;
An Eyesore Certification along Mfangano Lane off Ronald Ngala Street. Photo taken today the 5th May 2012.
An Eyesore certification at the Bus Station. Photo taken today the 5th May 2012And I want to ask; How competent are our Environment Experts?
Time has come when Kenyans will now be moving to court to have these Incompetent Professionals surcharged for dereliction of duty at a time we are paying them to ensure we are well served as a Country. We all have a right to drive in good roads. We all have a Constitutional Right to a Clean and Healthy Environment. And we have tasked some people to deliver on these at a Monthly Salary plus generous allowances. It is time they shaped up or shipped out. The law is so clear.
Peace and blessings,
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign,
Tel; 0724 365 557.
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