Mimi sioni shida. There is no problem in Kenya. We will develop or fail to develop and progress at our own pace and it is OK either way. You cannot have change without changing the people.

People forget that the most obsessed countries with "maendeleo" were the countries of the former USSR. I doubt there is any one leader in the world who achieved more "maendeleo" than Joseph Stalin during his 24 year rule. Cities would be built from scratch in the most inhospitable places, whole populations relocated thousands of miles away and millions killed. Go ask Russians whether they were happy and celebrating because of the "maendeleo". Right now Stalin has become more popular in Russia because most of those he traumatized have died and the young people can enjoy the maendeleo. I have no desire to be praised by anyone 60 years from now. I have adapted to kwenda na matatu, kukwama kwa jam, kuruka mitaro ya sewage, kuoga na basin, kutumia choo ya nje etc. I am not suffering by living this way so why should I be compelled to suffer real hardship of relocation or forced labor so that some future generation can have more conveniences?

It's just you!!
Total fertility rate is 3.7 latest Kenya demographic survey.
Highest Total fertility rate was 8 in the 70s.

The growth will continue to happen because of the huge base but the growth has reduced massively.

Total fertility rate in places like Kirinyaga is as low as 2.5 and this is the fertility rate in well managed developed countries.

When thinking about this, please remember that Adam Smith- like thinking and capitalism can no longer hold.

We need new economic and political thinking, and our creations need not be on the 'developed countries' examples.

At the moment the most scarce resource is humanity. In fact when we look at global suicide rates and try to find reasons for them we get evidence against present schools of thought.

The present generation owes something to the coming ones, and they only owe the duty to sustain and propagate humanity, ethically and physically. So far we're doing much of the latter and less of the former, and that's the tragedy.

Go to Mlolongo and see the height of those lights....none has bulbs. The people who take them off are well known but as Kenyans its a taboo to report offenders to the police.

Due to natural population growth and continued rural urban migration, the population of Nairobi will soon reach 10 million. If you think traffic and water shortages are bad now, you just wait.

On useful proposal I have seen is that gava should take aggressive measures to relocate people upcountry. All Ministry headquarters and all parastatal operations should be gradually shifted to other towns. Army HQ, Airforce, Police etc. should be shifted gradually
Why must every HQ be in Nairobi?

Gava should order parastatals to stop hiring in Nairobi and only offer new jobs up country. Just select 3 or 4 towns to focus transfer of jobs and create new population centres. I would pick something like Yatta or Narok

And ban people from buying land in these towns. Land speculation should be brought under control or banned. Henceforth if a person buys land in a town or close to a town, they should be charged property taxes as is done in Europe and North America. If the land is left idle, the property taxes should be double. Ridiculous levels Land speculation is a hindrance to development.

Finally offer private corporations heavy tax breaks to shift their operations away from Nrb. Tell EABL for example that if they re-open their plant in Kisumu and shift 1000 jobs there, they will get a 10 year tax break. Incentize Kericho tea packers etc to move their HQ to Eldoret or elsewhere. Revive Mumias Sugar on condition that their operations are in Bungoma or Kach or gasp !Mumias !