Provincial
Ministries ‘block’ bid to upgrade Nairobi
Posted Monday, January 11 2010 at 21:36
Nairobi Metropolitan Development minister Robinson Githae has blamed his Cabinet colleagues for frustrating efforts to modernise the city.
He spoke against the backdrop of rising criticism of the relevance of the ministry, whose focus for the last two years has been in churning out master plans and visions for a “world-class African metropolis”.
But Monday, Mr Githae accused the Nairobi City Council, which falls under the Local Government ministry, of sabotaging his efforts.
“We have now reported the matter to the Prime Minister’s Office for him to intervene as he is the supervisor and coordinator,” said Mr Githae.
Apart from the city council, the Ministry of Roads and the Ministry of Transport will also have a date with the PM to explain why they were “frustrating” Mr Githae’s docket.
Mr Githae told the Daily Nation that the Ministry of Roads was yet to get back to his ministry over a dedicated bus lane from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to Westlands.
“We wrote to them, but even with the road now under the National Highways Authority, we haven’t received a reply,” he said.
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Submitted by MARIGOLD1220Posted January 12, 2010 09:15 PM
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Submitted by alfotula
Build for us underground commuter trains and u will have done your part for Nairobi. After that, u can die in peace knowing that u will forever be remembered as the minister who tamed matatus and made Nairobi a truely internationa city
Posted January 12, 2010 04:33 AM -
Submitted by toboa yote
As usual the Left hand has no idea what the Right hand is doing.
Posted January 12, 2010 01:30 AM
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This shows how little thought was put into creating this Ministry - the concern at the time was to create enough ministries to dish out to the coalition partners. Give it up, we do not need this Ministry - we already have Local Govt. The way Nairobi is going, it will become a world-class slum.