Publication Date: 9/27/2007

We have been told time and again by Nairobi council and the Roads ministry that the roundabouts in the capital will be replaced by flyovers and underpasses.

This will certainly go a long way in streamlining the flow of traffic in Nairobi, which has literally ground to a halt.

The traffic mess is costing the country dearly as a lot of man hours are wasted.

Nairobi, being the capital city, can be equated to the heart of the country. And right now, it is clogged to a point where the health of the whole country is negatively affected.

It is in this light that the unclogging of the city traffic should be done as a matter of urgency.

At this point, one wonders why the City Council has to keep on planting flowers inside the roundabouts if it is intent on replacing them with flyovers and under-passes.

Shouldn’t we be seeing bulldozers within those traffic circles instead of flower planters?

And, pray, how much is it costing the council to plant the same? Isn’t this a waste in light of the fact that they will be uprooted anyway?