NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 8 – The Nairobi County Government Mobility department will in the next 2 weeks put in place mechanisms to ensure movement along Tom Mboya (Koja Roundabout to Haile Selassie Avenue) and Moi Avenue (Moi Avenue Primary School to Railway Station Roundabout) is reduced to 15 minutes.
Said Chief Officer, Boniface Nyamu, “Traffic congestion is a major problem in the City of Nairobi and causes pollution, loss of revenue, wasted time and reduced productivity due to hours wasted in traffic. One of the key areas we aim to improve on during our Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) thematic area is to ensure vehicular movement reduction time from 45 minutes to 20 minutes along Tom Mboya and Moi Avenue. The Mobility team has set up a multi sectoral approach and deployed Enforcement officers to ensure that the traffic laws are adhered to and anybody found contravening the rules and regulations put in place will be penalised for offences like Double parking, illegal bus stages and private cars operating as public service vehicles (PSVs); which have been identified as the major cause of congestion in Nairobi Central Business District (CBD).”
In order to ensure attainment of set RRI goals, Nairobi Countys’ multi sectoral team continues to sensitise the public on the traffic and county laws and a reminder to ensure adherence.
“The biggest headache we have in the city is PSVs. We continue to educate them…
