Got stuck in traffic?

Waiting is to me one of the most tiresome situations (without mentioning others) one can find themselves in; waiting for whatever thing especially when the waiting entails ‘eating up’ another activity’s time. 
Commuting in Nairobi is one of those tiresome moments that I have experienced and the consequences are worth noting, it is more discouraging when you find yourself caught in traffic in the morning; the other day I was in a Matatu at 6.55 am and noted that only two people out of 15 were awake (the driver and I). The others having got tired of staring at vehicles literally packed on the road for close to 30 minutes, the time it should have taken them from their homes to work but now it all lapsed while seated in vehicles that weren’t moving. Reason; traffic jam.

One thing, you get so tired that when you get to work you got to take a rest before starting the day’s work.

Two, it makes your morning a dull one and yet it takes energy to rejuvenate a dull spirit especially in the morning.

Three, the body system is strained since there is too much emission of carbon dioxide therefore its concentration inside vehicles as well as heat coming from the ignited motor vehicles. It is worse if you sit close to a person who insists on having the vehicle’s window being closed.

Four, you get late for the activity that you were up to. Lateness and anxiety are twins and so you may end up messing up things.

I have noted that there is a particular time of the month when private cars are very few on the roads and during such, travelling gets interesting. Or travelling is less hectic.

The last week of June and the first week of July 2011 are perfect examples of the other side of the travel experience; commuters had it rough. Every private car in homes in Nairobi and its environs must have been released into the road. Calling the roads leading to the CBD a parking as was fondly referred to at that time is a lesser term.

'The temporary parking'

At such time, Commuters in PSVs resulted to walking and the Slogan ‘city walk, walk with style’ would perfectly fit them, too unfortunate to motorists on private cars because they couldn’t leave their cars and walk to their destinations.

What would you do if you were the minister for transport in Kenya?

 The more the expansion of roads, the more new cars are getting into the roads. So traffic jam is here to stay?

Headed for the CBD

If I were to become the name in Charge of transport, only Public Service Vehicles would gain access to the Central Business District.

The capital city should not be the name in people’s mouths for the wrong reason.