{"id":6261,"date":"2026-03-02T08:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/?p=6261"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:50:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:50:47","slug":"everyday-struggles-due-to-poor-infrastructure-along-magadi-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/2026\/03\/02\/everyday-struggles-due-to-poor-infrastructure-along-magadi-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday struggles due to poor infrastructure along Magadi road."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poor Infrastructure Along Magadi Road
This photo story highlights the challenges caused by poor infrastructure along Magadi Road. The road is filled with potholes, poor drainage, and dust, making transport difficult especially during rainy seasons when flooding worsens the situation. Commuters face delays, increased transport costs, and vehicle damage, while pedestrians struggle with unsafe walking conditions.
Through images and captions, this story will show how poor infrastructure affects daily life and call for urgent improvement to ensure safer and smoother transport for residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Broken drainage systems at Magadi road lead to stagnant water and serious health risks. Shot by: Agnes Njeri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A motorcyclist struggles through muddy flooded roads after heavy rains highlighting the daily transport challenges cost by poor infrastructure. Shot by: Agnes Njeri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Residents in Magadi road navigates a muddy, trash- filled path due to poor drainage. Shot by: Agnes njeri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clogged drainage systems at Magadi road cause stagnant water and serious health risks for residents. Shot by: Agnes njeri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Illegal garbage heaps at Magadi road creates health risks and block drainage for residents . Shot by: Agnes njeri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flooded potholes in Magadi road make roads impossible for pedestrians during the rainy season. Shot by: Agnes njeri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Illegal garbage heaps at Magadi road creates health risks and blocks drainage for residents. Shot by: Agnes njeri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A road in Magadi floods due to consecutive rains blocking transport and daily activities for residents . Shot by: Agnes Njeri.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Photos by: Agnes Njeri<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MCS-133-042\/2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Poor Infrastructure Along Magadi RoadThis photo story highlights the challenges caused by poor infrastructure along Magadi Road. The road is filled with potholes, poor drainage, and dust, making transport difficult especially during rainy seasons when flooding worsens the situation. Commuters face delays, increased transport costs, and vehicle damage, while pedestrians struggle with unsafe walking conditions.Through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-6261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-story","category-uncategorized"],"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\/6261","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=6261"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6300,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6261\/revisions\/6300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6261"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}