Agere Sigunga

The LAPSSET Corridor Masterplan was a Raila Odinga's brainchild with his advisor, Professor Hiroyuki Hino. He presented it to the Coalition Government (2008 - 2013) for its adoption and execution. We don't appreciate Baba enough. He carried the insults, we carry the glory.

THIKA SUPERHIGHWAY was Raila Odinga's pet project. In 2003, as Roads Minister, he and Engineer Joshua Toro, then MP for Kandara and Assistant Minister for Roads, crafted a master plan. The THIKA Highway was the pilot project, followed by Rironi - Mau Summit - Londiani - Fort Tenan - Muhoroni, and Ngata - Salgaa - Mau-Summit - Londiani - Kericho - Kisumu - Busia. But the constant conflicts between LDP and NAK stalled these Mega Projects. The Orange-Banana conflict jeopardised every dream built in 2002 because people around Kibaki, like Karua, didn't like LDP near the government's policy-making meetings. Then came 2008, and the Coalition Government was born after a horrible 2007 election. Kipkalya Kones, as Roads Minister, restarted the stalled mega road projects. Then he died in June 2008 in a plane crash. Then Franklin Bett was appointed Roads Minister. He restarted and supervised the Thika Highway groundbreaking ceremony, alongside Jimmy Wanjigi, who designed its financing instruments. Baba carried all the insults when the project started, "Economic saboteur" "He is destroying our businesses" "He wants EABL to collapse so that his molasses plant can start producing beer" "This ODM part of the Government is heartless." Kibaki was almost folding, but Jimmy Wanjigi told him off. Baba and Bett remained firm, and the Highway was commissioned in November 2012 at Museum Hill. Kibaki was present alongside Johnny-come-lately Kalonzo Musyoka. Baba carried the insults, the media rewrote the truth, and we carried the glory. I know our history well because I have refused to let politicians and the media rewrite our historical journey. The media hides the truth, broadcasts lies, to keep the masses misinformed and enraged.