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simonkabz
#81 Posted : Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:06:24 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
@Mpenzi,
Ahsante....Time.Do i have enough to sit and write?.There is still more to explore and the book may have to wait...lol

Djinn,
Othaya-Nyeri-Nyahururu-Nakuru would be cheaper in terms of fuel and time....Caution though.Avoid Nairutia-Ndaragwa forest stretch after 3PM.

Maragua to Naks? Thika-Fly route should be shorter....and smoother....and flatter....hence quicker n cheaper.
TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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Toxicity
#82 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:39:42 AM
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Djinn wrote:
@Toxicity - they HAVE started work on the Eldoret - Malaba section - H Young have spilt a lot of equipment at various places (I think about 5 spots are on going). I'd say they are moving faster than the guys doing Mau-Summit - Kisumu Road.

Thanks djinn I just hope those two roads move asap
@guka with ur vast knowledge on roads , after a company constructs a road is there nomally any arrangment for maintenance for a period of time?
update president set president = speaker where president is null
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Njung'e
#83 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:48:31 PM
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@Toxicity,
I am not in the know but i guess that once a road has been comissioned and handed over to the ministry of roads,the contract ends and therefore the onus of repairing the road is in the ministry.I stand to be "collected".
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Djinn
#84 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:08:01 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
@Toxicity,
I am not in the know but i guess that once a road has been comissioned and handed over to the ministry of roads,the contract ends and therefore the onus of repairing the road is in the ministry.I stand to be "collected".


@Njung'e, if I may step in to collect you offer some cralification...my understanding is that the government should retain abt 10% of the contract value for abt 3-6 months as a security in case the road works are not up to standard and in case some repairs are needed to make it up to par. i think the same premise goes for building contractors - esp when it comes to the foundation, waterproofing, etc...things that can look OK today and give you hell in a month...

shirrigi mbiri yangu
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Ms Mkenya
#85 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:12:00 PM
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Djinn wrote:


@Njung'e, if I may step in to collect you .......


I believe you meant correct..
....above all, to stand.
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simonkabz
#86 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:33:28 PM
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I think it depends on how the CONtract was structured. I knw of a CONtracter who has to maintain a certain road 4the nxt 5yrs. I also stand to be collected.
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Djinn
#87 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:52:28 PM
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Ms Mkenya wrote:
Djinn wrote:


@Njung'e, if I may step in to collect you .......


I believe you meant correct..


You picked the error but not the spirit of the error....how did you miss cralification?
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Njung'e
#88 Posted : Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:21:50 PM
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@Djinn,
Now i know.

@Ms Mkenya,
It's not my "vault".In school,i always sat next to a "widow".
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Njung'e
#89 Posted : Sunday, August 28, 2011 12:43:30 PM
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@Djinn,
I passed by Kapsabet town from Eldoret on my way to BGM.The longer route you would say but i had to catch a friend of mine from high school days.I decided to use the shorter route to KK and see what i unearthed.I can tell you this country has some cheap and majestic holiday places.This retreat is smack in the middle of KK forest.Tee off to the right at Chepsegon(??) (18 kilometres from Kapsabet town on your way to Chavakali and turn right to a fairly good earth road) ...Didn't venture into the forest as i have serious phobia for snakes.I am told the forest is home to many snake species including the horned Gabon viper...oops!...But the birds,butterflies,monkeys (I saw some monekeys with blue ballssmile.Didn't have much time but i guess this is what they refer to as great blue Turaco ),are a sight.

http://rondoretreat.com/
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Djinn
#90 Posted : Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:43:26 AM
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Anyone with updates on:
1 - Mau Summit-Kericho section
2 - Kericho - Los Kogelos section
3 - Eldoret - Turbo (some road works had started mid August)

Thanks.

@Njung'e - now is when I am seeing your narrative about blue balled monkeys! eish! I'm thinking if Mau Summit-Kericho is no good, and with Eldoret Malaba now being ripped up for work, I might got via the scenic forest with blue balled primates...
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