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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/9/2009 Posts: 6,592 Location: Nairobi
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Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m?? Is this a good or bad thing?
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/27/2014 Posts: 560 Location: Eastlando
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2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It is a bad thing. You cannot have population explosion yet there are no jobs.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 1,162
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2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? source?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/4/2006 Posts: 13,823 Location: Nairobi
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Fullykenyan wrote:2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It is a bad thing. You cannot have population explosion yet there are no jobs. what creates "jobs"? I have always thought a young "educated" population is a boon as opposed to a curse. it's a demographic dividend if they are educated and the country is a bit open. it's a ticking time bomb if they are illiterate thug in a society one cannot progress unless they know people. All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/1/2011 Posts: 8,804 Location: Nairobi
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masukuma wrote:Fullykenyan wrote:2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It is a bad thing. You cannot have population explosion yet there are no jobs. what creates "jobs"? I have always thought a young "educated" population is a boon as opposed to a curse. it's a demographic dividend if they are educated and the country is a bit open. it's a ticking time bomb if they are illiterate thug in a society one cannot progress unless they know people. Anyway, Kenya has never reached optimal employment rates since it began. Countries like China, S.Korea even Germany are having issues regarding their population. In Russia things are hot. Putin is trying to play hard, why? Maybe we've never settled enough to understand population dynamics.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It can be good or bad, depending on how you want to look at it. Good for farmers and companies like Safaricom who are selling needs, bad since there's no industry in this country big enough to swallow the large idle labor, plus with limited resources a large population puts pressure on the existing resources. Seems like the death rate has slowed down "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/15/2015 Posts: 681 Location: Kenya
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murchr wrote:2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It can be good or bad, depending on how you want to look at it. Good for farmers and companies like Safaricom who are selling needs, bad since there's no industry in this country big enough to swallow the large idle labor, plus with limited resources a large population puts pressure on the existing resources. Seems like the death rate has slowed down True. A larger % of Kenyans are living longer now than they used to. Interestingly the demographic distribution is also changing. We now have more 10-15yrs olds compared to 5-10yr olds who are in turn more than 0-4 yr olds. First time it is happening in KE in our recorded history. Also me-think we are the first to achieve this in SSA.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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Thitifini wrote:murchr wrote:2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It can be good or bad, depending on how you want to look at it. Good for farmers and companies like Safaricom who are selling needs, bad since there's no industry in this country big enough to swallow the large idle labor, plus with limited resources a large population puts pressure on the existing resources. Seems like the death rate has slowed down True. A larger % of Kenyans are living longer now than they used to. Interestingly the demographic distribution is also changing. We now have more 10-15yrs olds compared to 5-10yr olds who are in turn more than 0-4 yr olds.
First time it is happening in KE in our recorded history. Also me-think we are the first to achieve this in SSA. Upcoming youth.....mmmh time bomb. Seems like the panga uzazi campaign bore fruits "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/15/2015 Posts: 681 Location: Kenya
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murchr wrote:Thitifini wrote:murchr wrote:2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It can be good or bad, depending on how you want to look at it. Good for farmers and companies like Safaricom who are selling needs, bad since there's no industry in this country big enough to swallow the large idle labor, plus with limited resources a large population puts pressure on the existing resources. Seems like the death rate has slowed down True. A larger % of Kenyans are living longer now than they used to. Interestingly the demographic distribution is also changing. We now have more 10-15yrs olds compared to 5-10yr olds who are in turn more than 0-4 yr olds.
First time it is happening in KE in our recorded history. Also me-think we are the first to achieve this in SSA. Upcoming youth.....mmmh time bomb. Seems like the panga uzazi campaign bore fruits I wish we can innovate on a very big cottage industry that can absorb say 60% of the youth. I think we can quadruple our wealth in just one generation. With such, the dependant population would be so small in say next 15 years that we could wipe out poverty!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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Thitifini wrote:murchr wrote:Thitifini wrote:murchr wrote:2012 wrote:Is it just me or is Kenya's population growing too fast? Just a few years ago, we were 20m. Now I hear we are 51m??
Is this a good or bad thing? It can be good or bad, depending on how you want to look at it. Good for farmers and companies like Safaricom who are selling needs, bad since there's no industry in this country big enough to swallow the large idle labor, plus with limited resources a large population puts pressure on the existing resources. Seems like the death rate has slowed down True. A larger % of Kenyans are living longer now than they used to. Interestingly the demographic distribution is also changing. We now have more 10-15yrs olds compared to 5-10yr olds who are in turn more than 0-4 yr olds.
First time it is happening in KE in our recorded history. Also me-think we are the first to achieve this in SSA. Upcoming youth.....mmmh time bomb. Seems like the panga uzazi campaign bore fruits I wish we can innovate on a very big cottage industry that can absorb say 60% of the youth. I think we can quadruple our wealth in just one generation. With such, the dependant population would be so small in say next 15 years that we could wipe out poverty! Food processing------Big potential given it has its by-products "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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