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Isiolo Northern Kenya

Nowenuse:
How come all of you guys could not give me a response till now on why Kenyan houses are so expensive and unafordable for the majority of Kenyans?

After all the bragging from you guys especially that KiberaWalker aka NairobiWalker? Just see how I disgraced and exposed you here.

We are still waiting till now for an explanation.

I think the Kenyan govt does not cut it's coat according to it's size. Why build cities and houses that are unaffordable to the majority of Kenyan citizens? Are they being built for the rich Indians and Somali business men and their families?
If your govt does not stop this madness in Kenya, your slums will keep on growing larger.

In Nigeria, no matter how low your income is, you can still afford a decent housing in any urban area because there are neighborhoods that suit every pocket size.

As expensive as Abuja main city is because it was built from the scratch, there are still many cheaper suburbs and satelite towns within Abuja metro where one can get a decent house for a very cheap price.

Kenya as a country is a scam if you ask me. A very discriminatory country where many portions of the population have less or no rights.

Things are being done in Kenya to impress the world and to show off, not necessarily for the wellbeing and happiness of the majority of the population.


Just as I read that Garissa and the entire northern Kenya were just connected to the national power grid in 2016.

https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2000201941/northern-kenya-is-finally-connected-to-national-grid

That means that since independence till now, almost the entire northern region of Kenya with it's millions of people never had access to electricity while Nairobians brag of enjoying 24 hours electricity?? Is that fair? Is that not discrimination at it's highest level?

As far back as decades, the entire Nigerian urban areas all over the nook and crannies of the country had access to power. In the state where I live, some rural areas even enjoy more stable power than those in urban areas.

My small hometown of origin with barely 30,000 people in the more vast underdeveloped northern region of
Nigeria has been connected to electricity many years before I was born.

Only mostly interior rural areas of Nigeria have not been connected to electricity till now, but in every state in Nigeria, at least half to 3/4 of the population have been connected to electricity for long.


You can imagine, Since there are millions of Somalis and Oromos in Kenya. I asked for you guys to show me at least one native Somali or Oromo city or urban economic centre in Kenya and I couldn't get any till now.

So, why has a large part of the country been kept so underdeveloped till now? What sort of discrimination is that? So these Somalis and Oromos have to travel hundreds of miles to Nairobi to access major urban amenities or services that can only be available in cities?


Now I see how different Kenya is from Nigeria and how different your development is from ours.

Nigeria as a country has the mentality of 'A father dividing one loaf of bread equally among his 10 children so that everyone has a taste no matter how small it may be'
WHILE

kenya is more like 'A father dividing a loaf of bread among some children, satisfying them well, while leaving the others to starve'.

In Kenya houses are not Expensive at all ask Pavore a Nigerian who has been here for long, Or any Nigerian who has been here for long. We pay one month Rent and a month deposit for anew house unlike Nigeria where you have to pay ayear or so for anew house.

Most of the cheap houses will never be advertised coz the demand is there, When you see places like Umoja, Pipeline, Donhom,Kayole, ... Advertising houses just know the the rate is beyond the reach of many people around that place... Amsure is the same in Nigeria..

Btw the Northan Kenya is not as populated as the Northern Nigeria, the whole region has less than 10m people, the Region has so much potential but so few peole. In some areas you can drive 50-100km without spotting asingle person.

We have small nice towns in the north.. I will share if you insist.

TayserMahiri:
just feel like y'all cant sleep well without some therapy from the 254


Kenya

beautiful

NairobiWalker:
These houses have toilet facilities and ceilings?
www.nairaland.com/attachments/3724192_ajegunlelagosslumnigeria_jpege7c935ae2d296c980caf68e5fa8834e9
https://i2.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2016/02/Area-boys-defecating.jpg?fit=495%2C330&ssl=1

Hahaha

TayserMahiri:
How would we know

Hahahaha Nigeria for you.

MPSA:
Most of people buy his story and I don't understand why, They believe they will be rich very quickly , Which is totally wrong, Mugabe failed, I don't think they will succeed also, in local municipalities is a disaster, Big mouth will never create wealth, But more problems for any Nation

True big mouth produce nothing, I rem Zuma having same stunts.. Hope you guys won't fall that.

TayserMahiri:
Does Nigeria have a founding president and where is he buried? Or they killed him

Thats Jomo Kenyatta Mausoleum

Hahah I don't think they have, they had to build one for Zuma instead..

MPSA:
I agree with you, Pretoria is very clean, But Marabestad is a problem, But most of the people forget about this city, I love this city a lot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiR4pUhXOF0

This city is so special, Durban is a quiet city in South Africa, This is my favorite city in South Africa, But the politics in this city is!!!!, Beside that, it's a good place

S.A is really advanced for an african Country, it will take lots of years for many countries to have such quality Cities..

I hope you guys won't spoil a thing like Mugabe.. I see malema is spitting alot.

nelxxy:
Their oga kibera

��� congrats..Bring more before you sleep.

nelxxy:
Thika

I Iike your screen shot...Slums in Thika... you had to coz you can't easily find it like you do when checking Nigerian Cities.

MPSA:
We also have some few bad areas in South Africa, The other bad part of this city

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBnp42PoTZw
Pretoria is Marabestad, That area is bad, But some people still said : That small area of Pretoria is still the best compare to some parts of Lagos, I'm not sure about this rumors because I never visited Lagos before

The city is beautiful,organised and clean.

MPSA:
I agree with you, Sandton it's still new and attractive, But traveling 15 km to this city

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HghCo7AkCHQ, Johannesburg is where you are going to experience some bad areas, especially hillbrow, I can't mention why that part of Johannesburg is bad like that, But some said it's more beautiful compare to Lagos, But I'm not sure about this rumors But other parts of Johannesburg like Park Town, Marshall Town and others are still in a good shape

That is the biggest let town of Joburg, the runaway crime in some part of the city..

Embu Town

Embu Kenya

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NYERI T

Tafaria Castle Nyeri

Nyeri Kenya

Nyeri Town

Nowenuse:
Okay. Let us get the differences here. Cos I see that Kenyans have been echoing a misconception about Nigerian cities for a long time now.


In Nigeria, there is a very very strong indigeneship context. Every city or urban area has natives.
The natives of a city are not usually relocated in the expansion of a city. And this is what usually give rise to the poor areas and older sections of Nigerian cities which you guys think is the major definition of the city.

In Warri city where I live for instance, the modern parts of the city mostly dominated by non natives are very different from the slumish like houses in which most of the poorer natives live.

Look at this first picture below. It is from the city I live.

Can you see the B part of the picture? See how crowded and rusty the houses look? It is dominated by the natives. Look at the A part, can you see the difference?

NairobiWalker, Jay254, mtis, TayserMahiri, kikuyu1 et al

I always say old is Gold what you need is to have agood Maintainance culture..

In Kenya old towns of Mombasa and Lamu are protected by UNESCO World Heritage sites. Yet the place is beautiful and crowded with tourist from around the world.

The states or govt in Nigeria should get involved in this.. Kano should be one of the most visited places in Africa... But it's in Nigeria.

NairobiWalker:
So according to you this is a decent estate? You're just outright dumb.
https://spectascope.com/media/posts/img/polluted2017072709.jpg

This guys make me feel like Kibera ain't aslum by what they say...

When rich Asians In Kenya are part of the super Rich they are not Kenyans but Indians despite being born and bread here.

When Arich Lebanese is in charge of Eko Atlantic, He is a Nigerian.

When a Kenyan Town is well organised and beautiful, its a City for the Rich.

This guys are just bitter.

MPSA:
Kenya is moving forward, I can see the image of this beautiful Sandton out of Nairobi, Well done Kenya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCNhAS3eFmg


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yta9RpFXJDk

I don't doubt the potential of Kenya, Nairobi is clean

S.A is still Africa's leader by far.

theenchanter:
that's agbogbloshie in Ghana, it's not Onitsha.

Onitsha

Nowenuse:
You seem very dumb with this kind of comment.

How much did Nigeria overcome South Africa with economically? China overcame Japan with such a very wide margin in terms of GDP.

Ethiopia has overtake Kenya as the economic power of East Africa, can you tell us the major changes observed in Ethiopia?

Sometimes, one wonders if you Kenyans reason with your butts.

FYI, as a Nigerian, It is obvious that there have been differences in Nigeria now compared to 10 or 20 years ago.

Among the many

1. Nigeria obviously now has the largest ongoing projects in Africa.
2. Nigeria has the largest middleclass population in Africa right now.
3. Nigeria has the most largest and most influential entertainment industry in Africa.
4. Nigeria has more of the largest and most influential company startups in Africa in the last 1-2 decades.

Kenya is back to it's position in East Africa...

All that crap you've written over there only exist in your mind vist African countries and you will realise how major projects are done.

Nowenuse:
You can never find Nigerians on a kenyan forum even if you guys speak pidgin English over there, except perhaps Nigerians living in Kenya.

Hardly do you ever find any Nigerian interested in Kenyan affairs. You guys are not worth the attention to us.
Do you know how weird my friends and family take me to be just because I tune into East african TV stations occasionally?

Nigerians don't visit our forums they come to our country..

Nowenuse:
Only around 40 million practice open defecation in Nigeria, so stop lying.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.ODFC.ZS?end=2015&start=2015&view=bar

And that to you is better, poor boy.

naijalander:
so water and oil doesn't go together, noted.

You know what I mean.

When I tell Nowenuse the reason why Kenya has asmall urban population is coz we have alot going in the villages unlike in Nigeria where things happen in shitty Cities..

Well come to Kenya thou, we can't showcase everything.

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