Despite the expansion of major urban roads, traffic jam is still a prominent occurrence in almost all major towns in Kenya. As usual, Nairobi city is still the worst hit when it comes to an unending traffic jam.
For the past two days, motorists and passengers have spent cold nights along Mombasa road due to one of the worst traffic jams to ever hit Mombasa road.
Reading.Reading is one of the best ways to turn the nightmare of traffic jam into a blessing. Whenever you go out, carry a book. It might be a novel, a motivational book or even a Bible. Those of us who are doing it have reaped a lot of benefits.In a “normal” traffic jam, I have always found myself reading between 33-35 Chapters of a novel while traveling from Athi River town to Nairobi town and back. Reading is also a traveling experience. It transports you to different places.
Reading also expands your thinking and stocks your vocabulary, making you a better and eloquent speaker.Contrary to popular opinion, books are not very expensive. Some street novels go for as low as Kshs 100.I bought Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s “Devil on the cross” for only Kshs 560 and Meja Mwangi’s “Carcase for hounds” for only Kshs 470 at Text Boot centre.