Bamburi revenues to sink deeper https://www.businessdail...850334-d4d2h0/index.html

Not to be a party pooper, but i think this data is wrong. I am witnessing daily the amount of cement being consumed in my current remote location and can tell you for a fact that cement consumption is higher than the last 5 years.
Yellow cranes are dotted everywhere in this country even in erstwhile small towns.Some progressive governors(not those in central province) are building storeyed hospitals from ground up...stadiums etc. Muhindis in Westlands and the Chinese are using huge volumes of simiti etc..Clinker storage yards for imported clinker are being commisioned every other day in Mariakani(area za Mombasani).
There is even a new haulage(ROCHE)firm with hundreds and hundreds of brand new 23 tonne trucks specifically for the hot cement/clinker importation that is going on in this nation. Kenyan government itself has even proposed a storage yard for cement raw materials in ICD Nairobi.

Lamu...lets me just stop there

I wish to disagree with you my brother especially on the point that major projects are past concrete stage and that counties are not building.For example, what is happening in Lamu is some sort of land reclamation where the Chinese are building berths inside the sea.Here, they are bringing-in tonnes and tonnes of rocks(what people call hardcore) in ferries(sea vessels) on a daily basis and pouring into the sea. Once the rocks are say a few meters above the highest tide level truckloads and truckloads of ready mix(bamburi heavy duty cement) are driven in.This is a daily affair. If you stand on Manda bay and view the upcoming port, you will notice that 10 lorries of ready mix are nothing...akin to a thigiriri(ant in Gikuyu).

Look at this image

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Notice the ready mix lorries? What size is that lorry compared to the behemouth that is clearly 95% pure simiti? It looks like a thigiriri right? Now think of over 100 acres of reclaimed sea which is > 50% simiti

I wish there was a better picture for progress in amu.In the meantime you can indulge in this:

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and even this other one for better perspective

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I wish someone else will bear me witness on developments and constructions going on in the counties. In conclusion, i advice serious wazua investors not to rely on lazy journalism by githeri media(sana sana Business daily and the sub-standard newspaper). Be driving around and observe. Befriend thos fundis,welders,truck drivers and even a random Chinese guy. You will not believe what you have been missing/overlooking

Sawa boss. Hiyo data ya armchair statisticians mimi hapana tambua

Right now it's too late. With inflation approaching 6%, cost of living and mad layoffs.. No ability will be present among the population to purchase or build houses.. Unless the affordable housing becomes reality via GoK subsidy, a person earning less than KES 110,000 monthly will struggle to get a mortgage at any Kenyan bank