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#21 Posted : Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:38:00 AM
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@ Jay R,

You make sense.

The thicker the thigh the sweeter the pie.
The thicker the thigh the sweeter the pie.
Jay R
#22 Posted : Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:15:00 AM
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All those who are seeing our nation's current challenges as insurmountable hence the despair should look at all those hardships as wake-up calls. Humanity needs calamities or near-calamities for it to come up with revolutionary thoughts. If it had continued raining as usual,nobody would have bothered with Mau conservation. All the current challenges,political,economical,social or otherwise,are waking everyone up from their slumber. If the high seas weren't tough,humanity would have stuck with rafts and canoes.It will take time,but it will surely happen.

When i see my purple,you see it not.
when i see my purple, you see it not!
Njunge
#23 Posted : Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:51:00 AM
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My contention is time taken on this projects.......Right now am looking at a road whose construction started way back in 2005........only slightly above half has been done.And the length of the road?......32 Km....!!....What this country needs,is to decimate red tapes and fast track development of this major projects.Let's not just talk and surely we could borrow from the UAE king Khalifa.Here is a dude who stands in the middle of the desert and says,:I want the best hotel right where am standing in the next 2 years'.......and it happens.We cannot afford to move at our own pace.We must do the extra ordinary.

Old man about town....
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
VituVingiSana
#24 Posted : Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:19:00 AM
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They built the railway in 5 years... with much cruder tools... faced lions,nandis stealing materials,challenge of Rift Valley,swamps,malaria,etc... I think we should invite them back...

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
takeda
#25 Posted : Friday, September 11, 2009 2:10:00 AM
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I think even though we have a government that doesn’t seem responsive to the needs of the citizenry,we have to remember that politicians are the same the world over (look at Britain,Lebanon,US,Iran etc). Only the professionals in a country roll the wheels of development. For instance,nobody would have justified removing Thabo Mbeki as president in SA simply because he was pro-business in favour of Zuma. When we realise that we are competing with everyone for everything,then we will build that railway,and I insist subway system as fast as yesterday. Without a reliable railway,we will not go far. Our development will only be limited to areas with access to tarmacked roads or near a major town. Its good rail roads that helped the Asian tigers to be where they are. If we sit around and other countries around us,say Uganda,Rwanda,Tanzania or Burundi develop good rails before us (Kenya),all the business in Kenya will move out. Then we will be left in a quagmire. Instead of building more dams to produce electricity,we should built nuclear power stations,and have dams and seawater desalination plants to provide water for industrial,domestic and agricultural use. All these technologies are available and are accessible. And where do we get the money for all these? The nuclear power plants cost around $ 1 B,desalination plants cost far less. The government can sell bond to Kenyans and friends of Kenya both inside and in Diaspora. There is a lot of goodwill out there. Don’t give up good people.
Tokyo
#26 Posted : Friday, September 11, 2009 2:27:00 AM
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Takeda -san,

Hmm... Good thought. But I'm sorry,it might not be in our lifetime. Vietnam- yes that developing former war zone will have the bullet train within 8yrs. I agree,politicians are the same but people are different.
work to prosper
takeda
#27 Posted : Friday, September 11, 2009 2:49:00 AM
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Tokyo-san,

The more reason why we should not depend on politicians to steer our development agendas. I agree politics is important for development to occur but its not a necessary condition. Lebanon is developing despite its politics. I believe these things can be achieved in my lifetime.

How do i paste some photos here to wet your appetites for these technologies?
VituVingiSana
#28 Posted : Friday, September 11, 2009 6:37:00 AM
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@takeda - The problem is that when politicians interfere (which they can easily do by changing the laws or politically interfering) with the 'developers' plans. It is very,very easy to say 'do not lose hope' & 'its not the politicians who matter' but they do as long as they have the power to tax & hinder. I have limited funds,I can't fight them for very long. And add the taxing power.

Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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