Use your brain sometimes. Do you know that the only roads in Kenya with pedestrian foot bridges are thika rd, mombasa rd, university way and valley road? And that all the towns, trading centres and villages have bumps? And that between mombasa and malaba there are about 200 bumps. If bumps are working in the whole country, in hundreds of towns, trading centres and villages, and even on thika superhighway ensuring that man and beast can cross the roads safely why not at karai?

Very simple discussion and he decides to morphologically complicate it!

the thing about kila kitu in kenya is that tuko na experts wengi on all matters. i think it's easy to be a critic! very easy! kuwa doer ni noma. Kila mtu ni expert wa kazi ya watu wengine and kwanza they are not even the best in their jobs. I stopped listening to people talk about 'what happened'. there was a certain security expert who was always giving advice to the police... akapatiwa job huko akanyamaza!

I am almost certain that somewhere in our books are rules / regulations / statutes / standards on handling HAZMAT. Just like there are specifications on bump and rubble strips. Our biggest problem is that no one cares about this. Look at how we cross the streets all over town instead of using designated places. The wild beasts of the Mara are much more disciplined.

I don't think its bad to have opinions and to be an expert, even huko world of scientists they have theoretical scientists and practical ones, and in most cases you can not switch them, but its from the theories that the practical guys get their directions, so I think the experts play a vital role.
if you assemble a group of architects and engineers and have them do battle against the fundis and the watu wa mkono in say laying a slab or putting up a masonry wall the latter will most likely do a better job.

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

Criticism is good and helps improve results. I don't need to know how something is done to criticize, I can critique by observing how someone is doing something to point out their shortcomings

I agree that criticism is productive when applied with tact! however, it becomes easy for people to listen to critics who are outsiders more and take them as authorities on the subject matter and not understand the setup the 'man in the arena' is working in. let's face it - criticism is easy!! very very easy! you just need to have a modicum of intelligence to criticise. Plus the biggest issue i have with critics is that they are not 'that good' at what they do in the 1st place.... kazi ya wengine ni rahisi! Remember when Asbel lost the race - all manner of couch potatoes with one packs were 'advising him'... how he should have done it! just because you know 'HOW TO DO IT' does not mean that 'YOU CAN DO IT' even when the task is a simple as running (placing one leg before the other at high speed). Understanding how to do something is like 5% of the total task and that is where we lose the value of the 95%.

Bumps not to blame for Naivasha fire tragedy, residents tell Uhuru

Residents of Karai in Naivasha, where a fireball killed 42 people on Saturday, have said they will not permit the removal of speed bumps.

They differed with President Uhuru Kenyatta and the motorists association that said the accident on Nairobi-Nakuru highway had to do with the bumps.

Uhuru said on Monday that the Kenya National Highways Authority erected the bumps without consultation.

But the residents said they have helped reduce, not increase, the number of accidents in the area.

Groups that gathered at Raini, Karai and Kinungi said the crash that occurred before a tanker exploded resulted from human error.

Their leader James Kabono said only two people had died since the bumps were erected last year.

“The lorry that caused the accident lost control long before it hit the speed bumps. Calls to remove them are far-fetched,” he said.

“The solution lies in erecting speed signs on the highway, not removing bumps."