Mau Mau Road: From Kiambu, Kangema, Njabini upto Naivasha. Environmentalists watuachishe

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The government has said it will go ahead with the construction of a road through the Aberdare Forest linking Murang’a, Nyeri and Nyandarua counties, despite a decade-long debate on whether economic or environmental interest should take precedence in the project.
Despite concerns by conservationists that the project will degrade the environment, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has said that it will begin work on the 540 kilometre Mau Mau Road this month.
ENVIRONMENTAL HARM
For over 10 years, the road’s viability has been at the centre of debate, with environmentalists arguing that it will do more harm than good.
KeNHA Central Regional Director Joseph Kaburia told the Nation that the project is ready to begin.
“The conceptualisation has been done and the project is ready to begin. This was a presidential directive and we are sure that consultations with all the relevant stakeholders were done,” engineer Kaburia said.

The project will cost an estimated Sh30 billion and will begin in Kiambu, linking Murang’a, Nyeri and Nyandarua around the Aberdare ranges.
It is projected to start at Gataka then go through Kamahindu in Kiambu before cutting through Kigumo and Kangema in Murang’a County. It then passes through Kigumo to Kiambirui and Njabini in Nyandarua County and end in Naivasha. It will then traverse through Aberdare Forest connecting to Nyeri County through the controversial Ihithe-Aberdare Forest-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru road.
At a time when environmental degradation is a global issue, the project has not only split public opinion, but also created a rift between the government agencies involved.
In 2009, the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) refused to approve the Aberdare Forest-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru road on the grounds that it would endanger the water tower.
The Aberdare serves as a major water tower in the Mt Kenya region, serving in Nyeri, Kiambu, Murang’a and Nairobi counties. The forest is also home to the Aberdare National Park, which has been hard hit by poaching of the endangered elephants and black rhinos. The park has only six black rhinos, and conservationists fear that the road could worsen the situation.
Local conservation group Rhino Ark Charitable Trust has been at the forefront in opposing the project, and even wrote to KeNHA last year asking it to shelve it.
Meanwhile there is disquiet in agencies like the Kenya Forestry Service (KFS) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), which stand to be affected by the project which will cut through the forest and the national park.
Sources within KFS say KeNHA did not consult them and is apparently relying on a 2009 assessment by Nema. A source said the road would open up the area to more encroachment, endangering the already fragile ecosystem.
 
NEMA rejected the project, KFS and KWS are apprehensive, it should be scrapped forthwith and an alternative route found. You can have roads anywhere else, forests on the other hand cannot be moved.
 
Let me not speak on the environmental/economic issue as I haven't read up on that. All I want to point out is the distance..540Km? How now? Ama James Macharia and co have been allocated like 250km as an appreciation for their hard work shafting us?
 
NEMA rejected the project, KFS and KWS are apprehensive, it should be scrapped forthwith and an alternative route found. You can have roads anywhere else, forests on the other hand cannot be moved.
we needthe road to open up and accelerate the high agricultural potential of the area
 
Let me not speak on the environmental/economic issue as I haven't read up on that. All I want to point out is the distance..540Km? How now? Ama James Macharia and co have been allocated like 250km as an appreciation for their hard work shafting us?
the road is going upto nyeri too via the aberdares.
 
please refer to that map.
we so much need this road tarmacked. its not that it isnt there
Mkuu, I agree that the road serves a key role, and in fairness a fair bit of it exists as murram/earth road. I'll need to read up a bit more ndio nielewe if the 540Km also includes spur roads, as well as the impact/environmental concerns raised.
 
Mkuu, I agree that the road serves a key role, and in fairness a fair bit of it exists as murram/earth road. I'll need to read up a bit more ndio nielewe if the 540Km also includes spur roads, as well as the impact/environmental concerns raised.
environmental activists are like Human Right activists wanatokelezea when they smell a possibility of getting donors money.
Mau Mau Rd must be built. UK is launching the construction later this month.
 
environmental activists are like Human Right activists wanatokelezea when they smell a possibility of getting donors money.
Mau Mau Rd must be built. UK is launching the construction later this month.

NEMA is a government agency, KFS too and KWS, if they are telling you the demerits outweigh the benefits you do not begin to argue because they are the experts, KENHA's defense of the project is that it is a "Presidential directive", that is what The Commisioner of Lands Sammy Mwita said when he hived off 117, 000ha of virgin forest from the Mau complex and awarded Moi and his friends hundreds of thousands of acres.

We shouldnt be arguing with the experts, that is how you make mistakes with irreversible consequences or have to do very expensive corrective measures.

The least KENHA should do is come up with measures to mitigate the concerns raised, that is after they have explored other routes that do not harm the forest and found them untenable.
 
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The government has said it will go ahead with the construction of a road through the Aberdare Forest linking Murang’a, Nyeri and Nyandarua counties, despite a decade-long debate on whether economic or environmental interest should take precedence in the project.
Despite concerns by conservationists that the project will degrade the environment, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has said that it will begin work on the 540 kilometre Mau Mau Road this month.
ENVIRONMENTAL HARM
For over 10 years, the road’s viability has been at the centre of debate, with environmentalists arguing that it will do more harm than good.
KeNHA Central Regional Director Joseph Kaburia told the Nation that the project is ready to begin.
“The conceptualisation has been done and the project is ready to begin. This was a presidential directive and we are sure that consultations with all the relevant stakeholders were done,” engineer Kaburia said.

The project will cost an estimated Sh30 billion and will begin in Kiambu, linking Murang’a, Nyeri and Nyandarua around the Aberdare ranges.
It is projected to start at Gataka then go through Kamahindu in Kiambu before cutting through Kigumo and Kangema in Murang’a County. It then passes through Kigumo to Kiambirui and Njabini in Nyandarua County and end in Naivasha. It will then traverse through Aberdare Forest connecting to Nyeri County through the controversial Ihithe-Aberdare Forest-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru road.
At a time when environmental degradation is a global issue, the project has not only split public opinion, but also created a rift between the government agencies involved.
In 2009, the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) refused to approve the Aberdare Forest-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru road on the grounds that it would endanger the water tower.
The Aberdare serves as a major water tower in the Mt Kenya region, serving in Nyeri, Kiambu, Murang’a and Nairobi counties. The forest is also home to the Aberdare National Park, which has been hard hit by poaching of the endangered elephants and black rhinos. The park has only six black rhinos, and conservationists fear that the road could worsen the situation.
Local conservation group Rhino Ark Charitable Trust has been at the forefront in opposing the project, and even wrote to KeNHA last year asking it to shelve it.
Meanwhile there is disquiet in agencies like the Kenya Forestry Service (KFS) and the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), which stand to be affected by the project which will cut through the forest and the national park.
Sources within KFS say KeNHA did not consult them and is apparently relying on a 2009 assessment by Nema. A source said the road would open up the area to more encroachment, endangering the already fragile ecosystem.

MORE SHIT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE WORST PRESIDENT IN AFRICA. HE HAS VIRTUALLY DESTROYED ALL SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY....ENVIRONMENT IS THE LATEST....

who will save us from this idiot?
 
KENHA's defense of the project is that it is a "Presidential directive", that is what The Commisioner of Lands Sammy Mwita said when he hived off 117, 000ha of virgin forest from the Mau complex and awarded Moi and his friends hundreds of thousands of acres.

Very smart observation. @Meria's greed is choking him if he thinks that NEMA and KWS oppose the project because of 'donor money'.
 
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