| No bashing from me because you are very right. As much as Nairobi is one of the greatest cities in Africa, it's currently a joke compared to it's potential. A simple example is that Nairobi has TERRIBLE slums which are the largest in Africa and I think the largest and probably the worst in the world (I'm told Brazil has the largest though but Kenya is most likely ranking at top 3). It's shocking to have about 3 huge slums with a total population of about 800K people who live as families in small shacks made from soil, no toilet, no bathrooms, no kitchen, no water, no security. I think politics in Nairobi and generally Kenya has too much influence in economic growth and the general welfare of society. Politicians, their families and relatives seem to call the shots on almost all basic issues, which would not have been bad if they we making the right decisions for the entire country. The fear is that by the time the change comes, other countries could have taken up the opportunities. I heard Tanzania's port is handling a lot of traffic that used to be handled at Mombasa port. Other eastern Africa countries will have fibre access, if Kenya doesn't put it's act together, then business might shift to the other countries including Kenyans setting up businesses there instead of Kenya. 8~( --- On Tue, 6/23/09, aki <aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
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