Why political class can’t be architects of a better society
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President William Ruto, Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi (left) and Interior PS Raymond Omollo (right) arrive for a meeting with members of the Siaya County Assembly at the Eldoret State Lodge, Uasin Gishu County on January 10, 2026.
They have never pictured a Nairobi of wide boulevards, efficient transit and roads that survive the rain.
Addis Ababa’s Corridor Development Project, launched in 2022, has delivered 96 kilometres of pedestrian walkways, 100 kilometres of dedicated cycle lanes.
Kenya could not finish one 70-kilometre road in seven years. Ethiopia reshaped its capital in four.
This week, Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo took to X to announce a government project. The Ngong-Suswa Highway, a 70-kilometre road, was fully operational, a game changer for regional connectivity, his post claimed.
Instead of a standard highway, we saw what appeared to be a bare strip of tarmac without road markings, safety signage, shoulders, lighting or drainage. One photo showed a pole in the centre of the carriageway, as though the engineers had not noticed it, or had noticed and decided it was someone else’s problem. Within hours the post drew thousands of responses, most of them damning but devastatingly precise.
