{"id":6172,"date":"2026-03-01T22:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T22:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/?p=6172"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T11:02:16","slug":"improvement-of-poor-road-infrastructure-in-rongai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/2026\/03\/01\/improvement-of-poor-road-infrastructure-in-rongai\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvement of Poor Road Infrastructure in Rongai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ongata Rongai, located in Kajiado County and bordering Nairobi, has experienced rapid population growth over the past decade. However, road infrastructure development has not kept pace with this growth.Many roads remain untarmacked, poorly drained, congested, and unsafe. This proposal documents the current road conditions using photographic evidence and outlines solutions to improve transport, safety, and economic development.The major challenges affecting roads in Rongai include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dusty surfaces<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Severe potholes and erosion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor drainage systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic congestion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abandoned road projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lack of pedestrian walkways<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inadequate maintenance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These issues negatively affect businesses, schools, healthcare access, and daily commuting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Large potholes causing vehicle damage and increasing the risk of accidents on Mandazi road in Rongai<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Poor road Helena road with a lot of stagnant water rising risk of accident to the road users in Rongai<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lorry carrying soil struggling to to through Kiserian road risking the life of drivers <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Olekasasi road with a lot of dust during rainy season making it difficult for pedestrian and drivers to use it.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gataka road in Rongai filled with a lot of stones making it difficult for drivers and riders to avoid it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pedestrians walking on the main road due to absence of sidewalks, increasing accident risks<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Public road in Rongai with full of mad making it difficult for vehicles and bodabpda riders to pass through <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Incomplete road works leaving uneven surfaces and exposed trenches<\/strong> very risky to increase road accident in Gataka road in Rongai<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Lekatoo Tenik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MCS-133-046\/2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ongata Rongai, located in Kajiado County and bordering Nairobi, has experienced rapid population growth over the past decade. However, road infrastructure development has not kept pace with this growth.Many roads remain untarmacked, poorly drained, congested, and unsafe. This proposal documents the current road conditions using photographic evidence and outlines solutions to improve transport, safety, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-6172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-story"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"webmaster","display_name":"Lindaberryll Boyani","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1e85b96dae9632e98f1ea8f672cecd57a712905cc4e0128ac65f97b3b635684?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"Lindaberryll","last_name":"Boyani","user_url":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism","job_title":"Journalist","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6172"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6372,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6172\/revisions\/6372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6172"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}