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hardwood
#241 Posted : Monday, November 30, 2015 10:06:00 AM
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mawinder wrote:
Mtafiti wrote:
Another one swept by ranging ravine at 1 am deep in Gatundu North on way back to Muranga. Had about 17 passengers.

So sad this is happening in a constituency that has produced 2 presidents.


I thought you would be more concerned with the Homabay one where a 33 seater mini bus was swept away?
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mawinder
#242 Posted : Monday, November 30, 2015 10:18:56 AM
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hardwood wrote:
mawinder wrote:
Mtafiti wrote:
Another one swept by ranging ravine at 1 am deep in Gatundu North on way back to Muranga. Had about 17 passengers.

So sad this is happening in a constituency that has produced 2 presidents.


I thought you would be more concerned with the Homabay one where a 33 seater mini bus was swept away?

When Raila takes over that will be history.
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murchr
#243 Posted : Saturday, January 16, 2016 4:19:12 AM
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"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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hardwood
#244 Posted : Saturday, January 23, 2016 5:34:10 PM
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kayhara
#245 Posted : Saturday, January 23, 2016 6:10:23 PM
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murchr wrote:


matatu owners should also service their matatus instead of just collecting profits, clearly that was a brake failure, I wonder whether that car owner will be compensated by the insurance, plus lucky there was no one in it.
To Each His Own
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tom_boy
#246 Posted : Sunday, January 24, 2016 9:14:56 AM
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One of the reasons for road accidents is faulty road design, lack of appropriate signage and road contractors negligence.
E.g

On Maimahiu Naivasha road, they have painted road bumps with vertical lines like Zebra crossings. That road is pretty deserted and devoid of pedestrians. When driving at 100kph and you see vertical lines, you check to see if theres anyone crossing and if not you proceed, big mistake, utagonga bump ya mwaka. Same is repeated on stretch between Nakuru and eldoret.

Salgaa section should be a 6 lane dual carriage with 50 kph speed bumps coming down and probably no speed bumps going up.

Some contractors shave the tarmac off the road and leave huge craters then go away for weeks and leave no signs. People used to a road with holes in particular areas suddenly find huge craters that appear in one day. Very dangerous esp for people driving at night.

These loose chippings and no signs ...

There should be a law that allows me to sue the roads engineer in his personal capacity if I suffer loss due to his negligence. These professionals hide behind the goverment to commit murder.
They must find it difficult....... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. -G. Massey.
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AlphDoti
#247 Posted : Sunday, January 24, 2016 12:02:06 PM
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@tom_boy, good observation up there, but only one correction...

If you put bumps downwards and none uphill, as they try to avoid bumps, the speeding lorries will take the "bumps-free" lane by forcing you driving in the opposite direction off the road if you're lucky.
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Impunity
#248 Posted : Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:47:55 PM
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tom_boy wrote:
One of the reasons for road accidents is faulty road design, lack of appropriate signage and road contractors negligence.
E.g

On Maimahiu Naivasha road, they have painted road bumps with vertical lines like Zebra crossings. That road is pretty deserted and devoid of pedestrians. When driving at 100kph and you see vertical lines, you check to see if theres anyone crossing and if not you proceed, big mistake, utagonga bump ya mwaka. Same is repeated on stretch between Nakuru and eldoret.

Salgaa section should be a 6 lane dual carriage with 50 kph speed bumps coming down and probably no speed bumps going up.

Some contractors shave the tarmac off the road and leave huge craters then go away for weeks and leave no signs. People used to a road with holes in particular areas suddenly find huge craters that appear in one day. Very dangerous esp for people driving at night.

These loose chippings and no signs ...

There should be a law that allows me to sue the roads engineer in his personal capacity if I suffer loss due to his negligence. These professionals hide behind the goverment to commit murder.

eti salgaa 6 lanes,for what?the traffic there.is so thin that a one way with a climbing lane will do,as is now...they just need a separating barrier so that schupid folks wont overtake downhill using climbing lane.
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tom_boy
#249 Posted : Sunday, January 24, 2016 7:27:03 PM
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Impunity wrote:
tom_boy wrote:
One of the reasons for road accidents is faulty road design, lack of appropriate signage and road contractors negligence.
E.g

On Maimahiu Naivasha road, they have painted road bumps with vertical lines like Zebra crossings. That road is pretty deserted and devoid of pedestrians. When driving at 100kph and you see vertical lines, you check to see if theres anyone crossing and if not you proceed, big mistake, utagonga bump ya mwaka. Same is repeated on stretch between Nakuru and eldoret.

Salgaa section should be a 6 lane dual carriage with 50 kph speed bumps coming down and probably no speed bumps going up.

Some contractors shave the tarmac off the road and leave huge craters then go away for weeks and leave no signs. People used to a road with holes in particular areas suddenly find huge craters that appear in one day. Very dangerous esp for people driving at night.

These loose chippings and no signs ...

There should be a law that allows me to sue the roads engineer in his personal capacity if I suffer loss due to his negligence. These professionals hide behind the goverment to commit murder.

eti salgaa 6 lanes,for what?the traffic there.is so thin that a one way with a climbing lane will do,as is now...they just need a separating barrier so that schupid folks wont overtake downhill using climbing lane.


6 lanes, 3 on each side with a seperating wall between them. One lane for those lorries so overloaded they cant help but cral at 10kph, the middle lane for slightly faster moving trucks and inside lane for cars cruising along. 2 lanes each can still work though not ideal.
They must find it difficult....... those who have taken authority as the truth, rather than truth as the authority. -G. Massey.
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hardwood
#250 Posted : Sunday, March 13, 2016 6:50:26 PM
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Parastatal car involved in accident found with 400 litres of chang'aa.

http://www.the-star.co.k...res-of-changaa_c1312254

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