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accelriskconsult wrote:Kausha wrote:@digitek & A4arch.., I am not opposed to the project nor am I politicizing, I am just ordinary folk who doesn't take everything from government as gospel and from experience and with all due respect, I have come to cast huge doubts on our leadership, our so called experts and generally our seniors running the show. They keep getting too many things wrong for me to give them the benefit of doubt.
Let's debunk the logic of the lost man hours. I posit that the guys on Outer-ring road are more in any vehicle on average than those on Thika road. I also posit that the people on Mombasa road and the goods on that road are more than those on Thika road and most importantly cost a lot more, in cost of goods and opportunity cost of business/remunuration wasted by men stuck on Mombasa road every morning. Even after expanding the road the cars on Thika road appear to be joining the snarl ups on Uhuru highway and Outer ring road suggesting that we probably are only saving 10-20 shillings per day/man/car on the highway. That is why I was arguing you can not fix Thika road in isolation without addressing Outer - ring road and Uhuru highway concurrently. Mombasa road could be a lot worse were it not for the by passes at south C, South B, Landies and Enterprise but for how long?
Let us also throw out that Isiolo, Ethopia discussion outside unless we are dualing Kenol to makutano. Your surely don't expect people to move from Adis by road to nairobi are we? Marsabit alone is 582KM from Nairobi while Mombasa is 490km. Moyale is 782km!!! As for Lapset, there is no road planned for that project, it's a pipeline, railway and fibre from Lamu to Duala cameroon, funded by the Chinese to move raw materials from Africa to wherever....if this project will cost 2 trillion over the next 10 years where is the first 100B from GoK? Let us also throw out that Isiolo, Ethopia discussion outside unless we are dualing Kenol to makutano. Your surely don't expect people to move from Adis by road to nairobi are we? Marsabit alone is 582KM from Nairobi while Mombasa is 490km. Moyale is 782km!!! -Kausha the assumption you have made on the distances is that Nairobi is and will continue to be the epicentre of Kenya. There may well be a case for deriving the most benefits by developing the NE province and moving the seat of Government Northwards. It is my opinion that the greatest potential lies in the vast lands north of Isiolo so Isiolo would a logical choice for the capital. Las Vegas was not more than a rattle snake infested desert before the mafia built it from zero. I have heard a lot to believe that Kenya would benefit a great deal by connecting to Ethiopia through Mandera. As a country that does not speak either of English, French or Kiswahili, Ethiopia is in a position that places it at a considerable disadvantage vis a vis its neighbours. Being landlocked and cut off from the sea by a hostile Eritrea further puts it at a disadvantage. The resources in North Eastern and the agricultural potential of Ethiopia should be enough to stimulate vibrant trade in NE. Redistribution of settlements from the densely populated central, nyanza and parts of western (to North Eastern) should naturally follow - which does a lot for national harmony than any other initiative. So what are you saying? "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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