Bro you have a point. I've tried this in my town but it can't work. The landlords realize the benefits they would get from such an initiative but know very well its not their responsibility. The counties discourage such ventures too IOT EAT ...... And that leaves us with the GoK to save Kenyans from themselves.

The GoK is the ultimate Guardian of the city of Nairobi and other towns of interest in Kenya. GoK is the ultimate guardian of public land anyway, and has all the instruments of power and nearly 95% of all revenues collected within our borders.

This is the point I wish I were a billionaire..... I'd offer the GoK to do all these roads and claim accordingly, in a mutually benefitial deal.

From there we should be complaining of the urban sprawl poverty as was suggested earlier, not ordinary filth which every human should notice.

I like you hardwood coz you're practical.

What you've said is true, but it's not an obligation. It's in fact, a profiteering venture.

The GoK is fixing these things, and if it can fix 30%, it can fix 100%.

The GoK, if it were to properly prioritize, can pave most of Nairobi and other major urban centres. We have thousands of kms of idle rural roads serving a few thousand Kenyans that would have otherwise been bebefitial to millions of Nairobians.

I digress

I'm happy BTW because for the first time in the history of Kiambu, GoK has remembered the southern part of the county. Southern Kiambu has been neglected as much as Eastlands. Ruiru, Juja, Witeithie, Thika, Kiganjo....... Taabu tupu despite the multi million private investments.

In 1 yr, I shall give a debrief.

I will toa my maoni since i am a born and bred Eastlander.

First and foremost i wish to correct those who claim that Eastlands is sub-divded into 1/8s. The fact is what is usually loosely referred to as Eastlands nowadays by watu-wa-ku-come is NOT. Eastleigh, Mathare, Huruma, Dandora, Baba dogo, Kasarani, Mwiki and other slums are not Eastlands. They are Northlands/North East. Infact there is a place near Kiboro primary school huko Mathare known as Nort East up til today. Original Eastlands consist of Housing estates along Jogoo Rd which were well planned and built by government of old Jomo and Mubeberu e.g., Bahati, Jericho,Salem, Kimathi, Uhuru, Buru buru, Harambee, MAringo, Mbotela etc. Estates like original Kariobangi south, pioneer, civil servants(civo), Huruma Flats, Original Umoja 1 and Umoja 2 were also built by government and were very well planned and organized so the issue of 1/8 does not arise, though recently huko makadara/hamza ugly flats cropped up(during Kibakis tenure). You will be suprised that up-until today residents in some of these estates of yore have never witnessed a broken sewer system.

To me the only solution to tame greedy landlords building those ugly things that @hardwood has posted is for the government to do this.

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I believe this is what H.E. Uhuru has in mind. However, this cannot be achieved by giving jua kali(all due respect to watu wa jua kali) contractors. This requires Uhuru to fly to China with Kenya's title deed in his pocket. Hang it (curia title ya mugunda) and sign government to government single source tender(build maintain operate PPP) for mu-shina to build a new city huko Kajiado/Konza/Ruai or wherever complete with a train and other infrastructure like that one in Addis ababa or BRT like that one in Dar es Salaam.After doing this there will be a need for Kagame/Magufuli like president who does not like ujinga, ushamba,indiscipline and corruption. Throwing used condoms in the toilet should attract heavy penalties.Those houses should also be allocated on a one-man-one-house policy like they do in China. Hii ukora ya one man/woman 10 government built houses should also end.

H.E. Uhuru should break ground very soon for me to believe that he is truly committed to uplifting human dignity in Kenyan cities of Nairobi and Mombasa which are technically the biggest slums of Africa.

It's too much of a funny substance they call "tomato soss" which they eat with chips, hii tomato soss ndio ina wa affect vichwa! I usually end up suspecting tomato soss as the culprit.

There is nothing wrong with living on a 50x100 plot. Infact alot of the world's urban population even in the west lives in houses on such plots or smaller. And an even bigger number live in houses "without land" ie suspended in the air aka flats/apartments.

What i did not indicate is that this was the 2012 plan.

In 2014 this one was developed



And others on those links.

I think we have a different definition of available, are everywhere, cheap, efficient and convenient in terms of drop off points.

I do not want a matatu everywhere because that is chaos

I want an accessible means of transport in price not one that hikes prices when there's scarcity or when it drizzles. Efficient in timing, convenient in that I do not need to walk for 30 minutes to get to the next connection point. If I alight at Muthurwa and I want to be in Westlands, I need to catch another means of transport bus/tram at the same terminal to take me to Westlands. That is convenience.

Nditto

100%. We're it not for buses and taxis, those trams are grossly inadequate and super expensive to build.

The matatu or any other shared taxi system seals all loops, is self sustaining and offers a very cheap option. Fare during the day can be as low as 10 Bob. The light rail /tram will charge upwards of 50-100 Bob all day, unless it's subsidized by the GoK. It's important to note that any mass transport system is only efficient during peak hours only.

In my observation, nothing beats smaller capacity matatu's in terms of efficiency all day long. That's why you don't see those large Scanias and UDs in the city, they can't make any money during the day. Same with the Nairobi Commuter train.

Multi pronged approach, not a one size fits all.....