Fyatu wrote:
You miss my point @Wukan. What i am condemning is 30 years of zero government action as far as development of education,housing,transport etc in Nairobi is concerned leaving peace loving Kenyans at the mercy of hyenas ready to fill the gap where government has failed flat.
I am proposing we go back to the days where government built proper schools complete with all amenities. Further, I am also proposing we go back to an education system that worked complete with school inspectors who would randomly check into schools with their piki pikis to keep drunken teachers on check. Schools where pretty(supuu) teaching practice teachers trained at Highridge teachers college would be posted for their elective year. Schools that participated in music festivals, sports, drama, science congress etc after practicing hard in facilities in their own compounds. schools where every child sat on a desk and chair. That is what i count as quality education.
Problem is that government has abdicated its role of building schools for over 3 decades and yet the population has grown exponentially. Another big problem is Kenyans are a "FAD" society. If it is fashionable to take your kids to academy then everyone rushes to take their kids there. If it is fashionable to live in matchbox apartment then everyone rushes there etc. Ban the fad and everything will be alright.
Take for example rural areas of Kenya.... Wananchi still send their kids to public schools and the existing private ones are spacious and well built.I have not heard my relatives from rural Nyeri lamenting about the quality of education in the village primary school. Take another example of public hospitals. Wanachi (sanasana wa Nairobi) would be caught dead going to a public hospital where they are guaranteed of a qualified physician and standard quality drugs but would rather go to those funny funny clinics where they are shafted proper and all their life savings taken away.Kuleni jeuri yenu pole pole.
I get your point but I am saying is that govt has never been least bothered about nairobi and public services are not likely to improve anytime soon. The good old days are not coming back. Take an example when garbage collection collapsed, Nairobians were not going to stay in garbage stink waiting for the good old days. The city had to move on and start engaging private garbage collectors.
Even in Education govt is not going to build a school anytime soon or upgrade the public schools. Look at their Flagship housing project at Park Road, the existing schools in the area have not been upgraded even as the population is expected to swell from the housing projects. That's how govt works. Look at the areas with public housing on google maps those are the most decayed parts of the city.
In Ngando there is no public land for public schools. The only land available is at Lenana/Patch. It took a tragedy for the politicians to consider hiving part of the lenana land for a public school. It is not something budgeted for, no planning, no arrangement on staffing. Just a knee-jerk PR reaction.
Nairobians have learned the hard lessons on what works so it is not really a fad or fashionable thing look for 'shule private/academy or a private hospital. Nairobians know govt offers shitty services with an 'mta do' attitude