What were people who used the #overlapKE tag tweeting about in the last month? Here’s a wordle snapshot
We are honoured to be mentioned in Sunny Bindra’s latest column - TwitterBigStick and #TwitterThumbsUp: where to from here?
He also writes that that the Kenya Institute of Public Policy Research & Analysis (KIPPRA) intend to download data and evaluate it to understand whether there are particular geographical areas, roads or even organizations most often cited for dangerous driving. This will help craft policy responses in future.
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One of the major milestones & goals of the site was to engage Kenyan regulatory authorities & leaders on the menace of bad driving.
Now, thanks largely to Sunny Bindra [ @sunnysunwords ] and his twitter tag - #twitterbigstick , there are several daily reports of corporate, diplomatic, schools and government vehicles being driven badly, and more important some of the organizations associated with the vehicles, replying that they will investigate these reports.
The Government of Kenya has been silent on the matter until this week, when the Kenyan Chief Justice also decried the state of driving on our roads and initiated some action that will hopefully result in better driving of government vehicles and safer roads for other motorists.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzft81Eu4B1qf9x6uo1_400.jpg)
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One of the major milestones & goals of the site was to engage Kenyan regulatory authorities & leaders on the menace of bad driving.
Now, thanks largely to Sunny Bindra [ @sunnysunwords ] and his twitter tag - #twitterbigstick , there are several daily reports of corporate, diplomatic, schools and government vehicles being driven badly, and more important some of the organizations associated with the vehicles, replying that they will investigate these reports.
The Government of Kenya has been silent on the matter until this week, when the Kenyan Chief Justice also decried the state of driving on our roads and initiated some action that will hopefully result in better driving of government vehicles and safer roads for other motorists.
Daily Nation article about the Toyota Probox
Various overlappers on Ngong Road, Nairobi #overlapke - September 2011
The founder and chairman of the Molo Line Travellers Company, Njoroge Bomasu Kariuki, tells of the company which has 400 vehicles operating daily between Nairobi and western Kenya and the industry and notes:
- Many matatu operators have no skills to manage savings and credit cooperative societies (Sacco’s)
- The government did not consult widely on the phase out 14-seater matatus and it was a foreign idea that may not work well in Kenya
- For security, they were the first company to introduce police checks before the start of any long journey.
- Even before the Michuki Rules came into effect in 2003, Molo Line Company was already compliant with some of the regulations.
- Their drivers attend refresher courses to keep them updated on traffic rules.
- His proudest moment as the chairman of the company was being recognized by the Head of State as one of the best managed matatu companies in Kenya.
Your average cab driver has seen it all — from drunken street fights, to open sexual orgies and gun battles, but on a good night, they can make up to Kshs 5,000 ($55).
Matatu Mag
Seen on the streets of Nairobi was a magazine called Matatu Today. It looks at transport industry issues like insurance, fuel, and road safety. One of the articles cites data from the Traffic Police about accident spots - and the top ones in Nairobi are:
1. Kasarani-GSU stretch
2. Westlands/Museum roundabout
3. Westlands-Kabete road
4. Kencell-Cabanas stretch on Mombasa road
5. Maziwa Stage on Jogoo Road
5. Kangemi flyover on Waiyaki way
Chris Harrison blogs that roads kill more Africans than Malaria and AIDS and corporates need to get more involved. Brands should take up causes on road safety since:
- Brands are great communicators.
- Brands and marketers are all about results and these can be identified here e.g. reduce pedestrian deaths on the highway
- Brands in Africa need to demonstrate a genuine involvement that betters the lives of their consumers (and road safety is important)
Via the Wall Street Journal: Nigerians who break laws on the road are sent to see obtain a ‘Certificate of Sanity’ - but enforcement of this is haphazard, excludes the powerful (who are escorted by police convoys in their law-breaking), and is a great (day long) inconvenience to motorists nabbed, leaving them at the mercy of other bribe-seeking policemen.
