Angry Syokimau residents force MCA to walk through muddy roads

Angry residents of Syokimau/Mlolomgo Ward on Thursday forced their Member of County Assembly (MCA) to wade through muddy roads in a bid to show the deplorable state of the estate.

This comes just a day after Citizen TV visited the area and found out that most roads which were constructed barely nine months ago are impassible, with motorists forced to drive through huge gulleys.

In videos shared on social media on Thursday, the area residents – mostly composed of boda boda riders - can be seen forcing their MCA Daniel Mutinda, who is in a suit and official shoes, to also tread the same paths and witness their frustrations first-hand.

“Hakuna mwenye anampiga, tutembee tu,” one voice can be heard saying in the videos. At some point, when the road gets too muddy and MCA Mutinda tries to resist, the same voice mockingly and sarcastically telling him, “MCA tembea, barabara zetu ni mzuri.”

Citizen TV, in a spotlight conducted on Wednesday, found that Chaddy road, an 800 meter stretch of road off Airport Road in Syokimau estate, which was constructed under the Kenya Urban Roads Authority in late 2023, is now completely worn out.

It is a nightmare for motorists along the road that leads to Mwananchi road in Syokimau, Machakos County.

Motorists, boda boda riders and pedestrian told of the nightmare they have to endure everyday.

The story was the same along the newly completed Chaddy section two and Mwananchi roads where the contractors left without any walk way or drainage. The results, the roads which are barely three months old are wearing out.

Ironically, one road leading to a hospital, which has been under construction for 20 years without completion, a police station, and a chief's office also remains desolate.

Public transport vehicles plying the route told of struggles to make any profit from the business.