Nairobi, Kenya: Nairobi senator Mike Mbuvi Sonko now wants the closure of several roundabouts in the city rescinded.
Sonko has warned that unless the county government reviews the new traffic routes, he will mobilise city residents to remove the barriers erected on the affected roads.
The senator, accuses Governor Evans Kidero and ministry of infrastructure and roads of the national government for hurriedly implementing the changes without involving the public in accordance to the law.
"These changes have worsened the traffic situation in Nairobi and I am calling on the governor and the ministry to rescind the closure of the roundabouts, " he said.
Sonko says Nairobi traffic mess can not be addressed on short term basis and instead wants overpasses built in place of roundabouts. "If they don't open the roads affected, we will mobilise residents and they will wake up one day and find traffic flowing freely," the senator cautioned.
Sonko says that just like many motorists, he has also been hit with the traffic jam staying in traffic for over three hours on a road he normally spend less that 30 minutes.
