Debate Rages On Over Cost Of Entebbe Expressway
Debate Rages On Over Cost Of Entebbe Expressway
Twitter has been treated to a debate spanning two days with users showing no signs of slowing down and its all about the cost of the nearly completed Kampala-Entebbe Expressway compared to the much wider Thika Highway in Kenya.
The debate was sparked by a twitter user @kevrx who posted juxtaposed pictures of the Entebbe Express way with Thika Highway and captioned it with comparisons on the costs and width of the roads:
Entebbe Expressway-Uganda, (Length-53km, Lanes-4, Project Cost-$476m)
Vs
Thika Highway-Kenya, (Length-50km, Lanes-8, Project Cost-$360m)
The tweet has gone viral and has been retweeted nearly 400 times and liked by over 130 users. The debate has gone mental and across countries with kenyans spurring with Ugandans on the unofficial bragging rights on which country is most corrupt.
Here are the fascinating exchanges:
Ben Mwesigwa @mwesben posted:
@kevrx @mpozii I think terrain changes costs then compensation too because of land laws. How many kms cross swamp land? @UNRA_UG
@Kevrx shot back: @mwesben Do you also think the 50km of thika is flat terrain? @mpozii @UNRA_UG
Geoffrey Amanya aka @jeffamanya posted: @kevrx @MonicaKahindo @BygSam son don’t weep give credit where due, criticism without solution won’t build any1.. they call it Ignorance
@kevrx shot back immediately: You speak with ignorance! Or think the 10s of over pases on Thika were constructed for free @MonicaKahindo @BygSam @andsjeff
Monica Kahindo joined the fray: @MonicalKahindo: @kevrx @jeffamanya @BygSam @andsjeff And you speak with condescension. So am supposed to see a few images and figures and not ask qns ?
Amanya then too a shot at @Kevrx: @MonicaKahindo Most probably he is looking for a dictionary! @kevrx @BygSam @andsjeff
But @Kevrx was having none of that: @CKyobutungi lets give currency variation & inflation 20%, No subtraction of compensation because it happened in both projects. Any change?