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Bus Rapid Transport lane on Thika Super Highway. Millions of shillings have been spent on the project but it has never been completed. [File, Standard]
Each time I use Thika Road, I can’t help but think how a project that’s well executed can change people’s lives. When the road was being converted into a highway, there were naysayers saying the road was not only very expensive but was meant to serve a certain community.
And of course, the infamous quote that roads are not edible. The road now stands as a testament to the forward thinking and vision of President Mwai Kibaki and his technocrats.
However, the road has lately been marred by the spectre that haunts this country: that of unfinished projects.
