The Cutting Edge

Leading city commuter bus companies Citi Hoppa, KBS and Double M have all failed to effectively cater for people living on the outskirts.

Cynthia Nyamasyo, who lives at Ongata Rongai and works at Yaya Centre, says getting there in the morning and returning home in the evenings is hard work.

“Can they provide buses to ply the Rongai route? I normally use three matatus,” she moans.

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Can Nairobi Town Clerk Philip Kisia get the contractor who dug up Jabavu Lane at Hurlingham and left it in an appalling state to go back and sort out the mess? urges Wilson Ruto.

For over a year now, no work has been going on and the only indication of the contractor’s presence is a board containing the details of the job he had been hired to do.

“The onus is on City Hall to rectify this,” Ruto concludes.

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Some time back, Amos Kambo recalls, Town Clerk Kisia gave an assurance that Jogoo Road, the thoroughfare linking city centre to the densely populated Eastlands, would be rehabilitated.

And, indeed, some work was done, but it was abruptly stopped. He swears it’s six months since the contractor left and there is no sign he will be returning soon. Only a quarter of the job was done.

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At midnight on a Wednesday over a fortnight ago, a tour van driver knocked down a pedestrian at the bridge just after Doonholm estate, but shamelessly drove off, says Nick Ruteere.

“I don’t know whether the victim survived, but I took down the car registration. He or his relatives should contact me on Tel 0722335839. I want the driver brought to book so he can realise that human life is sacred.”

Nick’s email is nmruteere@gmail.com.

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