kaka2za wrote:
Isn't a tad disappointing that USA have only managed to reduce New York city population by only 0.7% in 30 years while you expect Nairobi to reduce by 50%?
New York doesn't even need to reduce their population. They don't have the problems of Nairobi vis a vis water shortages, endless traffic, seasonal flooding, inadequate housing, piles of uncollected garbage, lack of roads, insecurity, crime, joblessness, lack of sanitation etc etc.
In fact New York has enough infrastructure to expand further. And since the City follows a master plan, the expansion will be orderly.
Imagine if you tell a person that he is sick and needs to go see a Doctor. And he points to a healthy person and asks why that healthy person is not being told to see a Doctor. Nairobi is the sick person pointing at New York. And Nairobi will only get worse.
Nairobi is definitely going to grow population wise. As land becomes scarce huko mashinani, more youth will move to Nairobi because there are scarcely any other viable options. Which means in 10 years the problems you see will be much worse.
Kenya government needs to start being proactive. Sonko can't fix everything by himself. The problems of Nairobi were caused by corruption and incomptence in the national government. 50 years of corruption and incompetence has brought us here. Now the national government should take the lead in fixing it. Sonko can't decongest Nairobi by himself.