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Post by KOLONEL BRISK on Jan 2, 2007 10:28:08 GMT 3
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Post by kamalet on Jan 3, 2007 12:42:09 GMT 3
If you to draw comparisons, then you need to do it with like for like. For instance, asking to compare Kenya with Angola is misplaced since the natural resources of Angola do not match those of Kenya. Would you say that the economy of Botswana is under performing merely because its growth rate is 4.7 against kenya's 5.8 even with its diamonds?
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Post by roughrider on Jan 3, 2007 14:25:00 GMT 3
Certainly Kamale and to some extent Kolonel Brisk do not understand the lesson Anyang Nyongo was teaching the other day; The difference between Economic Recovery and Economic Growth.
But that's your homework, not mine. What interests me more are the recent rains that have swept off any illusions of minimal infrastructural development. From the wasted money building short term solutions of the so called Busia d**es to the nightmare we call roads in the Mara. Plus there is not a single good road in Western kenya... in fact there are no roads in Nyanza at all; only cattle tracks.
The road to Nyeri - where Kibaki hails from - is a disaster. A homeboy from Kirinyaga Construction is supposed to have been building that road since i was a baby but alas he is gunning for Mathira Constituency and prefers to milk from fictitious pending bills. Meanwhile Nyeri people are agonising over backaches.
Symbolically the rains have exposed the lie that superficial and administrative measures can build sustainable economies.
This leaves with just one promise: the 'free primary education'. But wait! a look at KCPE results show that only the rich are passing exams... only those who belong to expensive academies are making it. Public schools are recording dismal results.... so much for free education. Clearly free is cheap.
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Post by aeichener on Jan 3, 2007 16:54:09 GMT 3
Also, Kenya needs a good railway network, both for goods and passenger traffic. Isn't it a shame (as perceptive MPs have openly declared in Bunge) that Kenya had a better railroad system in 1963, taken over from the British at independence, than she has today?
Alexander
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Post by KOLONEL BRISK on Jan 3, 2007 21:23:07 GMT 3
It is true we need better roads. Sometime back The former minister of Roads proposed the use of cement instead of Tar. Though the innitial cost would be high but in the long run it will pay off since these roads can last longer than tarmac. Cement is Locally produced and this will be a boost to our industry. With good infrastructure in terms of transport & Telecommunication we could do much better. The transist system in major cities need to be addressed. I would have supported a system that would have given monopoly to a major company like Kenya Bus to manage city transport. It is easier to uphold high standards and regulate the industry when dealing with such companies. The introduction of Nyayo Bus, eroded the profit for KBS which inturn with other factors lead to bankruptcy. From my experience in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal and Victoria, Canada and other countries would make a good case study.
It is high time that the goverment subsidise on the cost of renewable energy to enable the rural communities have access to them. The most important of these sources are hydroelectric, solar, wind, biomass ( wood , waste, crops and aquatic plants like Hyacinth) and Geothermal. Our population is able to support these local industries.
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