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Kenya: Traffic Jams the Cause of Sleepless Nights for Nairobi Residents
Nation, 28 May 2018
"Please tell the boss that I am stuck in traffic," the woman sitting next to me entreats the person on the line's receiving end. Read more »
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Kenya: The Pain of Commuters in Nairobi City
Nation, 28 May 2018
Quietly seated on the window seat in an almost empty minivan heading to Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD), Joyce Mbithe, who works at a boutique on Moi Avenue, muses at the… Read more »
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Kenya: Transport to the City's Suburbs a Real Challenge for Commuters
Nation, 28 May 2018
Public transport to many of Nairobi's outskirts can be challenging, but nothing quite compares to a trip on Kasarani-Mwiki route. Read more »
Nairobi City and Its Insufferable Traffic Jams
In 2012, former president Mwai Kibaki inaugurated Thika Road, an eight-lane superhighway meant to ease the relentless traffic congestion that had come to define the route, but six years later, residents are back to unbearable traffic. People whose arrival time at work is before 9am are forced to leave Thika before 6am, writes Lilys Njeru for The Nation.
On most mornings, a heavy traffic jam starts to build up at Safari Park Hotel all the way to the city centre.
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Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has said the proposal is part of a plan to address the problem of congestion and air pollution in Nairobi, while encouraging the use of ... Read more »
