Queries to Engineer Kidenda (Midnight today is cut off)
Good morning Listers I have received a response from Engineer Kidenda. Ofcourse you do understand there have been tons and tons of emails to him (well maybe not tons but you get the point). He has requested that we kindly raise all SUBSTANTIVE issues by midnight today. He will then get his team to respond to all issues that concern KENHA. Barrack has accepted to consolidate all the issues that you have raised and will continue to track your concerns until midnight today. They will then be posted here and copied to Engineer Kidenda for action. Let us continue this fruitful and productive exchange until MIDNIGHT Today. WarmlyGG
Dear Grace, Thanks for following up. The issue of data and the framework Eric provided is pertinent to the discussions and it would be good to know where Kenya standards vis a vis these international standards. As well, what are the "smart transport solutions" (ICTs integration) Kenya is considering to enhance road safety especially along the entire Thika road which seems to have claimed the highest number of lives in its short lifespan in Kenya's history. As it was referred to in one of the articles circulated on this list as the "longest black spot in Kenya" it underscores the concerns Kenyans have about this road. This does not minimize other roads in the country with the increasing cases of road accidents. I posed specific questions in my earlier post which I believe Barrack will capture. Thanks once again. Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist Climate Change and Water Program Agriculture and Environment International Development Research Centre Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Liason House 2nd floor, State House Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya +254-20-2713160/1 | Fax: +254-20-2711063 | Mobile: +254-733-624345 eadera@idrc.ca | www.idrc.ca | www.crdi.ca From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Grace Githaiga Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 11:16 AM To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: [kictanet] Queries to Engineer Kidenda (Midnight today is cut off) Good morning Listers I have received a response from Engineer Kidenda. Ofcourse you do understand there have been tons and tons of emails to him (well maybe not tons but you get the point). He has requested that we kindly raise all SUBSTANTIVE issues by midnight today. He will then get his team to respond to all issues that concern KENHA. Barrack has accepted to consolidate all the issues that you have raised and will continue to track your concerns until midnight today. They will then be posted here and copied to Engineer Kidenda for action. Let us continue this fruitful and productive exchange until MIDNIGHT Today. Warmly GG
Thanks Edith for capturing salient issues and GG for keeping us in touch with the engineer and his team, let's make work easy for the Engineer by posing direct questions, I hope Dr. Aligula and MM might also raise any other issues that are of concern to the research team. Best Regards Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> Sender: "kictanet" <kictanet-bounces+otieno.barrack=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke>Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 11:24:30 To: <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Queries to Engineer Kidenda (Midnight today is cut off) _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmail.... The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
Listers While we are at it, can someone tell me what happened to the Motor Vehicle Inspection unit where you had to annually submit your car to prove it had been serviced? It seems some of these quarry lorries and matatus involved in accidents are either unroadworthy or have not been serviced. I think annually everyone should be compelled to submit their vehicle to be cleared before it can be licensed to be on the road. Mbuguss On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:29 AM, <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Edith for capturing salient issues and GG for keeping us in touch with the engineer and his team, let's make work easy for the Engineer by posing direct questions, I hope Dr. Aligula and MM might also raise any other issues that are of concern to the research team.
Best Regards Sent from my BlackBerry®
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Listers, This is an important step in making our roads, safe. My questions are as follows: 1. How are these roads categorized, in terms those managed by the local authorities, central government and, if possible, those ones that are internationally managed? 2. Why does the government ever award road contracts to companies that do not do their works professionally? 3. There is a contractor on who was awarded a contract to rehabilitate Nairobi-Naivasha Road ( between the former Museum Hill roundabout and Rironi) and they've dug a whole stretch of the road, about a kilometer and a half. There are dug up patches everywhere that drivers have to be extra cautious. Is there anything the Authority (assuming the said section is under Eng. Kidenda's Authority) can do to makes sure their are mechanisms in place for the contractor to does not put the lives of rod users at risk? Regards, Solomon On 18 May 2012 11:29, <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Edith for capturing salient issues and GG for keeping us in touch with the engineer and his team, let's make work easy for the Engineer by posing direct questions, I hope Dr. Aligula and MM might also raise any other issues that are of concern to the research team.
Best Regards Sent from my BlackBerry®
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Solomon The said road, Waiyaki Way, either falls under the Kenya Urban Roads Authority or Kenha. The said contractor is one SS Mehta who without fear or favour I can call an unreformed cowboy contractor of the KANU era and whose CV reads like all the don'ts of a contractor's code of ethics, if one exists. The roads budget in this country has gotten so big(last year it was Sh80billion and this year it is proposed at Sh95billion) that contractors to be given jobs have ran out leading to the rehabilitation of the likes of Mehta and Kudan Singh (another cowboy who was recently kicked out of the Gikambura-Mutarakwa road he had been building since 2007 and has now clinched another contract for the Voi-Wundanyi road - where if form holds true, he is about to leave a lot of grief). Franklin Bett recently published contractors manuals on how the government will expect road repairs to be conducted. A copy has not been given to SS Mehta it seems. Mbuguss On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
Listers,
This is an important step in making our roads, safe.
My questions are as follows:
How are these roads categorized, in terms those managed by the local authorities, central government and, if possible, those ones that are internationally managed? Why does the government ever award road contracts to companies that do not do their works professionally? There is a contractor on who was awarded a contract to rehabilitate Nairobi-Naivasha Road ( between the former Museum Hill roundabout and Rironi) and they've dug a whole stretch of the road, about a kilometer and a half. There are dug up patches everywhere that drivers have to be extra cautious. Is there anything the Authority (assuming the said section is under Eng. Kidenda's Authority) can do to makes sure their are mechanisms in place for the contractor to does not put the lives of rod users at risk?
Regards,
Solomon
On 18 May 2012 11:29, <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Edith for capturing salient issues and GG for keeping us in touch with the engineer and his team, let's make work easy for the Engineer by posing direct questions, I hope Dr. Aligula and MM might also raise any other issues that are of concern to the research team.
Best Regards Sent from my BlackBerry®
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Edith Adera -
Grace Githaiga -
James Mbugua -
otieno.barrack＠gmail.com -
Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau