m.r.davies does not understand half of what you are saying. he is a white male recently come to kenya.

Which studies?? .....
Where is the link or who did the study?? ..........
Don't try to lie........
and back it with "studies have shown" ............
Next time please say .............
In my uneducated and usually idiotic opinion ...........
Instead of studies .............

Mr Davies .........
On this forum you have the opinion ..............
of fat meat eating & beer chugging middle class nairobians...........
Thousand of kenyans ride bicycles ........
They are usually from the lower class ........
Watchmen and other casual labourers .......
And as such their opinion will not be raised by my peers on this forum ..........
To answer your question ..............
Yes you can ride it a bike ..........
yes thousands do it every day ......
No we rarely have bike parking spaces .....
yes it can be stolen when parked ........
Chances of being mugged low...
Mugging is not the norm and happen only in risky areas ........
Nairobi city council might have some obscure bylaw about cycling in the central business district ...............
It is wise to wear a helmet .....
No a legal requirement though ............
And finally some advice from the Kenyan police .......
http://www.kenyapolice.go.ke/roadusers.asp

Happy riding.....................

POTHOLE/ CRATER ADVISORY:
We have huge potholes plse dont carry passengers, there are unreported cases where the bike hits a huge pothole hard and the passenger is thrown several metres high.
By the time gravity attracts him down the bike has already moved a few hundred meters.

HINT: watch out for sudden lightness of bike/ screams from behind you and a lot of sudden dust behind you after u hit a crater.
Cycle even harder should you observe this

@Intelli,
In Kenya,a pothole is a hole that can accommodate a pot.