Nairobi, Aug. 31 -- For several months now, there has been a noticeable effort by the Transport ministry to erect footbridges on key roads around Nairobi.
From the Thika-Nairobi highway to Mbagathi Way, contractors have for several months stayed on site erecting the multimillion-shilling facilities.
This year alone, on Thika-Nairobi thoroughfare footbridges have been installed at Survey of Kenya (just before the junction to the Kenya School of Monetary Studies), the Garden Estate junction and at Witeithie and Mang'u late last year.
Ideally, such developments should ensure pedestrian safety in a city where the simple act of crossing the road is to gamble with ones life.
The reality, however, is that most pedestrians will continue chancin...