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| Photo | Courtesy |
It’s just tomorrow, then one more moon after that. That is
how long we have to wait for the commencement date of the Kenyan Standard gauge
railway. Kenyans have peculiar calling habits we have been told and even more
peculiar is our knack to forget the most important of things. Enter the search
phrase “Kenyans forget fast” and be prepared to meet over a million results
with the phrase embed somewhere in there. The flame was started with a flicker
from the sparks of Hon. Alfred Keter who questioned the inflation of prices, the
procedure followed to award the tender and the lack of an Environmental Impact Assessment
report prior to applying for the tender.
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| Launch of SGR project: Photo | Courtesy |
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| Launch of SGR project: Photo | Courtesy |
It raged on and on with the debate taking a political tone
as is the case with all else in this nation. For all the noise made, we all
lost the scope and the relevance of what the argument was. It became an ad hominem
where principles of debate were thrown out. Well the signing took place, so did
the launch and if all goes well 1st October marks the beginning of
better accessibility, network and possibly maintenance of the transport sector
in this nation. I remain optimistic, of the numerous job opportunities that
will be created, the increase in price of land, the need to setup businesses
and overall the better travel our children and their children will be ushered
into. If you have nothing else to be happy about this coming week then be
pleased with the starting of work on the standard gauge railway. Hoping it will
actually start.
#100daysofblogging #Day13
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