@KURAroads,@hon_Makau,@Wavinya_Ndeti,@davis_chirchir . Katani, despite contributing construction materials to Nairobi metropolis, has been left with poor roads. This contract has remained incomplete for 4 years. We kindly request KURA to expedite overdue projects"#fixkataniroads
Today there will be two rallies on X- Space, bigger than any physical rally that has ever been held in this country. One rally will be hosted by the president and government officials have been mobilized to attend in their numbers, and the other one will be hosted by the official opposition and the voice of the people (Gen Z).
Which one will you attend?
@KURAroads@hon_Makau@Wavinya_Ndeti @ . Why is Mehta Road in Katani, Mavoko Constituency, Machakos County still incomplete 5 years after a 15km segmennted road was awarded for construction within katani? vital for accessinging raw materials expedite kura.#repairfinishkataniroads
CSR is good business. The over 30 quarries in Katani should team up with residents of Katani to ensure that their CSR program includes repair and maintenance of residential roads damaged by lorries transporting their products to locations within Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kiambu and neighbouring counties. @NemaKenya@KURAroads@kipmurkomen
#FixKataniCentre #FixKataniRoads
You may think uko Congo but this is 23km from Nairobi CBD and 7km from the expressway. However, the booming affordable housing govt initiative has increased material demand thus deplorable roads. Katani residents are abandoning their homes due to deplorable roads. @WorldBankKenya
Residents of Katani in Syokimau blocked access to feeder roads in the area which are being heavily damaged by trucks. These trucks have been rerouting there due to the poor state of the main tarmac road which is beyond repair.
In response, on Thursday morning, truck drivers initiated a go-slow, demanding that the Machakos County government repair their designated roads to prevent further inconvenience to other motorists.
Angry locals in Katani took matters into their own hands on Wednesday and blocked access to feeder roads heavily damaged by trucks diverting there after irreparably damaging the main substandard tarmac road.
“Machakos County collects millions daily from the quarries but they allow these trucks use our roads, maintained by us. We even raise money to try make the roads but are destroyed immediately,” one of the angry residents said.
4 PM.
The blockage continues.
Almost 20 lorries learning the lesson the hard way.
Turning residential roads, rehabilitated by residents using their hard earned cash, is unacceptable.
@Wavinya_Ndeti @Machakos_Gov @KURAroads@kipmurkomen
3PM.
The blockage continues.
Katani residents, don't relent. The pinch MUST be felt both ways. You deserve respect.
@Machakos_Gov
@Wavinya_Ndeti@KURAroads
@oloojl@Wavinya_Ndeti@KURAroads@kipmurkomen Waziri , we beg for your attention. We are suffering. We cannot go to work, our children cannot go to school, sometimes even accessing social amenities is so difficult and yet Katani Road is an important link road. We have been swimming, now we are in the deep end.