From: odhiambo okecth
Friends,
I left Town yesterday at about 7.45pm and as I was passing through Landhies Road, just around Machakos Bus Stage, I witnessed what has become the norm in the recent past; Matatus driving into Town driving on the wrong side of the road and condemning us to a stupid snarl up.
Along Jogoo Road, around Hamza, the same thing happened. Now it was Matatus traveling towards Donholm driving on the wrong side of the road and condemning those traveling to Town to a snarl up.
Such cases are very common across and it all boils down to discipline.
How disciplined are we as a people?
There must be something wrong with the Matatu driver who decides to do his thing on the wrong side of the road. There must also be something wrong with the passengers who are seated in this Matatu. And there is definitely something wrong with the law enforcement agencies who look the other side as we trample on simple traffic rules such as keeping left.
The beauty of a clean neighbourhood; University of Nairobi’s Chiromo Campus
When one decides to drive on the wrong side of the road, there are several things that also go wrong. The Flower Beds that we are struggling to maintain in between the roads are destroyed; the trees we are planting along the roads are destroyed; the road cabs and pavements are destroyed, and with this, we begin a process of tear and wear on our roads. Yet, we are the ones who are taxed heavily for such roads to be built.
To work for a Clean Town, we must be disciplined in order to enforce the kind of standards that we desire. Our Towns will never be Clean by themselves. It is us, we the people, who must make the all needed steps to ensure we live in Clean Towns and Cities.
Depositing garbage by the roadside is a sure evidence of lack of discipline on our part.
Throwing things off the car as you drive is a sure evidence of lack of discipline on our part.
Refusing to enforce the law and the by-laws is a sure evidence of lack of discipline on our part.
Dereliction of duty is a sure lack of discipline on our part.
Lethargy in office is a sure lack of discipline on our part.
And as we match towards the 1st of June 2013 when we will be celebrating our 50th Independence anniversary, it is incumbent upon us to encourage discipline as a necessary ingredient in our National Psyche to help us move towards attaining the objects of the Vision 2030 as a Transformative Agenda for Kenya.
This is why in partnership with the Public Service Transformation Department at the Office of the Prime Minister, the National Environment Management Authority and other willing Partners, we are inviting all of us to join in The Clean Kenya Campaign. Please visit About Us in our Website- www.kcdnkeny.org and see what role you can play in this National Campaign.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557
Email; komarockswatch@yahoo.com
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The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of The KCDN Kenya.
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