Author: Titus Jefwa

A review of existing documents for the county of Mombasa, estimate energy consumptions in the transport sector and particularly to determine the total demand status by the road, rail, water transport sector in the county. Due to how small Mombasa county is the project wouldn’t focus on air transportation. To determine the share in the transport sector, the project would be keen to find and review available information on different types of vehicles this is to include cars, tuktuks, motorbikes, and buses. Understand the number of vehicles, occupancy, and already distance travelled. Request information from the county transport department and any other entities that houses the type of information and data collected on public transportation, parking information and number of vehicles in the county. Use focus groups discussion to explore more information and validate some of the data collected. Once information has been complied the component would analysis the information to determine the levels and amount of greenhouse gas emissions....

The Miji Bora project has developed a typology of stakeholders categorized under global, regional, national, local level partners and local citizens of Mombasa. For national and local level partners, stakeholders include local affected communities and their formal and informal representatives, local or national government authorities, as well as different partner organizations. Global partners Regional partners National partners Local level partners Stakeholders should be actively involved in various sector working groups to facilitate strategic planning. The Miji Bora Project has started to identify and actively engage the stakeholders according to their level of influence and interest in relation to the key issues of interest to the County Government of Mombasa and being addressed by the project. “Influence was defined by the power stakeholder has in addressing key issues within the county”, Tracy Kamau. Further desktop review is being undertaken to understand the attributes, interrelationships and interfaces among stakeholders by first mapping out relevant stakeholders for the...

The world is currently being faced by COVID-19 uncertainty and this has continued to present unique and unprecedented challenges to project execution & management. The pandemic has undoubtedly resulted in a rethink of the way we operate. In Kenya, like in many other countries the world over, the spread of Covid-19 had led the government to declare a countrywide curfew and cessation of movement in selected areas. Mombasa county is one of those areas where the government has declared cessation of movement. At 54 per 100,000 people, the county has the highest rate of infection rate in the country. The Miji Bora project has taken appropriate action to ensure the safety and well being of our project team members and staff.  This includes, but is not limited to facilitating colleagues to work from home (mostly undertaking desktop work), encouraging virtual consultations and suspending field activities. Some of the activities which have been suspended/postponed include: A visit to Durban by Mombasa county officials...