April 12, 2017
Going to Pipeline estate in Nairobi when it rains, don't forget gumboots
Aspiring leaders have been promising to build good roads but once elections are over, it is forgotten," says Thomas Wambugu, a resident of Pipeline in the Capital city of Kenya, Nairobi.
The road project started in Wimasi but stalled, leaving deep gullies.
Pipeline ward MCA Samuel Kagiri blames the county roads executive for not releasing the funds required to tarmac the roads.
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"I know the residents are complaining but I have no money to tarmac the estate roads. I have done my best; I have gone to his office several times," says Mr Kagiri.
"We even did the tendering and mapping of the roads all the way from Kware to Tumaini Supermarket to join the already tarmacked section from Pipeline (matatu) stage, but the funds have not been released," he adds.
Pipeline estate chairman John Odinga, who also serves as a village elder, noted the polluted air residents are breathing in daily.
"There is nothing good in this estate. The air is bad and I don't know what health officers would say if they happened to visit," says Mr Odinga.
"If such conditions continue, there is a high likelihood of diseases like cholera and typhoid breaking out," he adds.

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Going to Pipeline estate when it rains, don't forget gumboots