It
is the exceptional highway in east and central Africa stretching from Kenya’s
capital Nairobi to Thika town approximately 42 kilometers.
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| the modern highway |
Thika
superhighway which consists of four lanes to and from Nairobi with a service
lane on each side was completed in the year 2012 in a bid to solve the traffic
jam between the two towns. Along the highway there are about three towns which
most of its residents come to Nairobi every morning either to work or their business
goods.
According
to a driver of the Chania travelers Sacco, James Muriuki who has operated on
this route for about a decade says that, “when former president Mwai kibaki
opened the construction of this superhighway, we thought that it would save us
the traffic jam which is a chronic problem.”
But
what could be the problem with the traffic situation along this great highway?
Mr. Isaac Omollo who is a taxi driver mainly operating on the highway says that
the traffic situation could be calmed if there is a regulation of the number of
cars getting into town. “Take a case where twenty private vehicles get into
town with only a driver. This is unnecessary considering there is a perfect
public transport in place.”
He
continued to note that during midday the traffic situation falls back in order
pointing that personal vehicles to him were the cause every rush hour. “This
jam is mainly in the rush hours of the morning and evening, so what does that
indicate? People with personal cars getting to and off their work contribute a
lot in the traffic jam.”
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| a section of the road towards Nairobi |
Another
interesting suggestions were from a TUK TUK driver who operate at OTC to
Makongeni estate, Mr. Kamau Njoroge, “If am given a chance to address the
President, I would ask him to relocate some sectors away from the CBD. I don’t
think Gikomba, Muthurwa, and Jua kali markets are in the right locations.
He argued that this markets
should be relocated to the outskirts of the central business district in order
to ensure that people entering the CBD had business to do the
