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mtisTheQubit:
Nigerians Praises President Buhari As Oby Arrives Kaduna On Train to Begin Campaign .
Something funny about the train (wink wink ..the seats)

68816419:
I love the fact that you keep recycling same pics since from page one till now, it seems you guys are very proud of what your colonial masters built for you,that is developing a CBD for low IQ guys.hahaha
bellow is the reality on ground .

According to Charles Karisa, a lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, at the University of Nairobi, the taking over of the CBD has several explanations.
"Initially, the CBD was strictly meant for European and Asian traders. Natives had no place. But natives took charge following an exodus of European and Asian businessmen to satellites like Muthaiga, Karen, Runda and Westlands," Karisa says.
Natives then started filtering into the CBD and took over shops and office spaces to set up businesses, which thrive to date.
Karisa, also an architect, says some buildings were renovated and redesigned to suit their new clientele. An example is Kipande House, which was used by the colonial government to issue national identity cards and now hosts the Kenya Commercial Bank.
The renovation increased the value and rent of the buildings and this led to the emergence of numerous stalls.
"Rent of property became too high after buildings were renovated. Therefore, landlords resolved to subdivide into stalls for more locals to afford," Karisa says.
Also, the influx of Somali businessmen promoted the bazaar concept, which is a core feature of the Islamic economy.
Take the case of Jamia Mall that has several stalls under one roof. Such establishments are transforming the face of the CBD.
According to Karisa, the ownership, occupation and planning of the CBD has come a long way since the inaugural construction of the railway in early 1900s.
The first plan was a temporary private one that dated back to 1906 for a railway depot as it sought to mainly address European and Asian low cadre workers and support staff.
The African CBD
The Asians pitched camp at areas around the present day Jamia Mosque, Biashara Street, Tom Mboya Street, Accra Road and River Road.
Europeans took over Kenyatta Avenue, Moi Avenue, Harry Thuku Road and the Museum Hill roundabout as their business area.
"Railway quarters in Muthurwa and Landi Mawe were for low cadre European and Asian railway workers while natives lived in Kariokor and Shauri Moyo," Karisa says.
However, the colonial government came up with a settler plan in 1927 that abolished racial segregation of the CBD, but introduced class segregation.
Consequently, the high-income areas where properties were of lucrative value were a preserve of whites and some middle class Asian families.
"Europeans controlled 90 per cent of the CBD while Asians and native Africans shared the paltry ten per cent," Karisa says.
There was another master plan for a colonial capital in 1948 that sought to divide the CBD into functional zones that were either high density or low density. High-density areas allowed high-rise buildings of up to ten floors while low-density areas accommodated five floors.
Koinange, Banda, Tom Mboya, Haille Selassie and Uhuru Highway were high-density zones and mainly occupied by Europeans.
Asians dominated the present day Banda Street and University way while natives pitched camp at Tom Mboya Street, a low-density area.
"It is for the same reasons that River Road later acquired the name ‘the African CBD’," says Karisa.
Then in 1973, the metropolitan road strategy sought to address problems facing the local populace in Nairobi and also entailed a framework for future growth and proposed satellites like Westlands, Athi River and Mavoko.
But the tactics of exclusion in the CBD have been advanced by the efforts to discourage informal trade, with the City Council consigning hawkers to designated markets like Muthurwa and Gikomba.
Kenyans of Africa descent have, therefore, transformed hawking into the ubiquitous stalls culture, and this keeps the council askaris off them.
While order and neatness is important in the CBD, the African CBD has proved that for a populated city like Nairobi, there needs to be a little piece of the cake for everyone, and informal and small-scale trade are the way to go

OgogoroFreak:
Nigeria is the hell fire. When the world ends, God will send all sinners around the world to Nigeria

Kenyanstar:
Gallivant, jonraid, rvp20182, NairobiWalker, tlann, Kikuyu1, mtisTheQubit, Kur17
Do we make our neighbor so much jealous that he cant afford to appreciate natural things... I would have assumed it if it was about maybe Nairobi or any other city or town that is man made. But surely natural things from God makes an individual so bitter and pained to such an extent. The Magufuli people need our prayers, their hate for us in undeniably deeper than i thought.

Timil:
Dude you made a grave mistake by quoting me.... Nigeria is better than Kenya, Kenya is better than Nigeria I don't give a hoot.

Fact is all your sh!t hole countries in Africa including the widely acclaimed Giant of Africa (Nigeria) are all underdeveloped set of countries with no direction, poor leadership and set of simpletons as citizens.

Y'll lowly countries can keep fighting among yourselves over which is the best while the westerners and asians go about making ground breaking developments.

I don't give a hoot I'm working towards getting the f*ck outta this sh!tty continent to emigrate to countries like the USA where things work and human lives are valued.

The Kenyatta family has ruled your country for how many years now??. Yet you believe your country is better and progressing keep on with the delusion just like some other Africans who don't think.

kikuyu1:
Someone was asking our next prez? You mean you didn't know? Srsly-its Ruto,though the maize thing isn't looking good,tbh! Its been agreed upon and decided-Mudavadi is wayyyyyy overrated on all levels: he's a pedestrian leader and economist whose only claim to fame is that the West unlocked foreign loans in 93 when he was the finmin for which he took credit. He has no ideas or policies worth mentioning.
Uhuru in early 2017 prayed for rain in Nyeri and it rained for 20 mns-is he a rain maker!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV826IhojA4


https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nyeri/Uhuru-became-a-rainmaker-in-Nyeri-/1954190-3781692-bby23dz/index.html

NairobiWalker:

The guy things people are jealous of his because he's eating a rat? This guy is pathetic.

Jonraid:
Ignore the guy once and for all. He's so ignorant to the bone marrow!

NairobiWalker:
Can you imagine Tanzania being like Singapore? people are really dumb. These guys are not even good enough to teach in their top schools they have to hire Kenyans and Ugandans yet somebody is talking of Singapore.

Runalong333:
Lol are you jealous that I will have a meal , while you and your family will starve to death tonight? . If you have a wife , hurry and get that btch to the nearest tourist destination, white men need a sex slave in exchange for a loaf of bread .

Kazikazi:
We are growing at 7% per annum.When we start our LNG exports,we will grow at 15%.We will be like Singapore.

Kazikazi:
So u didn't reach 6%

Kazikazi:
Which year did you got 6% growth?

Jonraid:
He has just ruined his generator by placing kerosene in it instead of diesel. Well, I guess he'll now try rat soup in a bid to get it back to roaring!

samsobo24:
I wouldn't want to cause some confusion for Kenyans. I tell you, its not time yet.

And I need to gather more stats and facts.

THE TIME SHALL COME, BUT NOT YET

mtisTheQubit:
Question: is it normal to eat a rat?

Jonraid:
They never starve. Pounded yams,fried frogs,snails and rat stew is in plenty!

mtisTheQubit:
Guys why dont you discuss South African issues with a South African not a Nigerian..

Runalong333:
Before playing expert on what others Africans should be doing , fix yourself first , quote from lioness


Not these ones

Runalong333:
Hahaha but our children have never died of starvation ? Yours do daily . You live about 3 or 4 years longer than South Africans are you well fed than them? . You need to introduce a feeding scheme to your turkana and kibera dwellers , before saving other Africans from themselves .

Jonraid:
''Nigeria economy is supposed to be the biggest in Africa. But, we are the lowest, both in per capita budget figures and in absolute terms. Nigeria is in the middle among South Africa, Algeria, Egypt and Angola.''

This was quoted from https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/249059-2018-nigerias-biggest-budget-yet-meagre-compared-angola-south-africas.html

With 197 million people ,you shouldn't be having a budget lesser than Kenya's. If all those sectors contribute bigger amount of revenues to the Govt, where is the bigger budget that Nigeria should expect to have?

spendoon:
we don't eat rat pig

tlann:
umenimaliza hapo walahi

NairobiWalker:
This little boy is really putting too much feelings on this thread huh? Are you gay?

spendoon:
14 yrs of suffering nd poverty

NairobiWalker:
Just joke here yet you'll never live to retire from your pathetic job.