Thika poor roads that have turned into a pool of water

263 views · Published 12 April 2018 · 2:18 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: KTN Entertainment · 2018 · News & Politics

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Hundreds of lorries and drivers were stranded for hours after residents of Githima, Thika east sub county barricaded road and lit bonfires protesting over poor state of roads. Residents accused the county of Kiambu for neglecting them despite collecting levies from the lorries that use the road. David njoroge a resident of the area noted that more than 500 hundred lorries use the road ferrying buildig stones, he said that the county government of kiambu collects more than shillings 300,000 daily which is enough to turn the road into an all weather road. the angry residents said that one of the quarry owners who attempted to repair a section of the road was arrested by kiambu county officials and charged for repairing it without their consent.



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