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By THE WATCHMAN
Posted  Sunday, February 19  2012 at  18:37

GRAVE DANGER. Those full of praise for the high standard of construction of the Thika superhighway would take back some of the compliments if only they could see the glaring shortcomings, says Elijah Lesame.

He has had a good look at the road and was shocked to note that pedestrians have not been well-catered for. The absence of zebra crossings near schools and colleges is a source of worry.

At Utalii College, Safari Park Hotel, Survey of Kenya, and Roysambu, pedestrians face grave danger, warns Elijah, whose contact islesameelijah@yahoo.com.

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PATHETIC ROAD. Residents of Jamhuri estate, off Ngong Road and behind the Harlequins ground in Nairobi, including Daniel Mutuku, feel neglected by the City Council.

Crying out for immediate attention, Daniel says, is the road to the estate, which is in a pathetic condition. The stretch from Ngong Road to Woodley Estate should not only be refurbished, but street lights should also be installed.

Bumps should be erected and the matatus that often get off Ngong Road to avoid traffic jams banned from accessing the estate. His contact is dmutuku2000@gmail.com.

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CUT THE QUEUES. Why can’t Kenya Revenue Authority embrace new technology so that taxpayers do not necessarily have to go to their headquarters in Times Tower, Nairobi, for cash transactions? asks Juniour Kabaya.

With M-Pesa and other fast money transfer services, Kabaya says it is possible to pay for renewal of licences without having to go and crowd at their premises.

He once queued for two hours, only to be asked to produce his original national ID, which was some 400km away, and they would not touch his photocopy. His contact is juniourkabaya@yahoo.com.

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DISAPPOINTED CLIENT. George Angira is disappointed that even after he heeded the KRA’s appeal to taxpayers and filed his tax returns in time, he has yet to receive the refunds due to him for 2007 and 2008.

And it is not because he has just sat back and waited for the KRA to meet its side of the bargain. He has called at the KRA offices in Nairobi several times to get the refund paid, in vain.

His PIN is A002728349H and his contact, Tel 0721764970 or angirageorge@yahoo.com.

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LOOMING DISASTER. There is a major disaster waiting to happen on the Garsen-Lamu road, warns D. Davis, alarmed at the deadly competition between the four major bus companies, namely Najaah, Takhmeed, Simba Coach, and TSS.

“Some of the buses are driven dangerously on the dusty and loose surface 80km stretch. “There are no police officers to enforce traffic laws along this road.

Seat belts are a thing of the past and the touts are loud and abusive. It’s just sheer luck that so far no major accidents have occurred,” says Davis, whose contact ismydavis74@gmail.com.

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SMELL OF DEATH. While it makes sense to concentrate efforts on curing the sick at district hospitals, a job that is often done with minimal resources and inadequate staff, not enough is being done at the mortuaries in those institutions, subjecting the relatives of the dead to untold suffering.

Faith Ntarara was at the Meru District Hospital Mortuary recently and the smell of death pervaded the area, wafting almost a kilometre away.

Can the MoH, the county council, and Nema do something about this to show respect to the dead? pleads Faith, whose contact is fntarara@yahoo.com.

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