NairobiWalker:


Go to google maps and compare Kibera against the total area of Nairobi.

NairobiWalker:


Ngumo and Woodley are part of Kibera but not part of Kibera slums. Within Kibera there are different neighborhoods some like Silanga, Kisumu Ndogo, Gatwekera are full blown slums while Olympic is a decent place and other sections like Ngumo are middle class while Woodley is Upper middle class. They all constitute Kibra Constituency (btw Kibera is a corruption of the word Kibra). Learn sister, learn.

sufferNsmiling:


So if it wasn't for nigerians this trade will not be this long how many nigerians have come out day in and day out saying kenya is better than nigeria on this trend so many +. When this thread started the first 500 pages nigerians thought kenya is a toy but they did not know that nigeria is a sinking ship which has sang to the bottom of the ocean long ago and fishes are now living in it also octopus are living in it and a lot of marine creatures just like the titanic the biggest ship in the world where is it today at the bottom of the sea.

Nowenuse:


Nothing but the truth...

Western media statistics just cannot be trusted. For instance, when I watch documentaries and see the poverty in countries like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Phillipines etc, I just can't understand why it would be said that Nigeria has far more poor people than these countries.
I see almost no difference in the lifestyles of these people and Nigerians.

I discovered that almost half of Indian population practice open defecation compared to 1/3 of Nigeria's population. Majority of Indians live in rural areas and in those rural areas, majority of them sleep on the floor! They do not even have beds.
I have been to the remotest rural areas of Northern Nigeria and you find almost all of them with beds and even televisions in their houses.

When you compare the pictures of rural south Asians and that of rural Nigerians, you find our people looking far more healthy than theirs.

Jonraid:
Kiambu, Kenya

Two Rivers

Nowenuse:


Chai, And I'm supposed to be travelling to Jos next week for the festive period

I'm already as scared as hell ! The last time I was there during christmas few years ago, the temperature was as low as 7°c!
I wish I would remain here in the South.

sufferNsmiling:


Look at the building in picture 1 it looks nothing like the buildings in picture 2. The building in picture 3 looks nothing like the pic buildings in picture 1,2 and 4. I smell a big rat a very big rat and now the rats has not become a snake. I remember when I was in nigeria somebody was advertising pictures for a brand new land cruiser only to find out the person who was selling a bicycle.

genieluv:


Kibera constituency, wow. This makes it look like Kibera is so influential to the extent it's name swallowed up others to be the name of the entire consituency?

~~~~ Kibera is a community of it's own under Kibera constituency, good ! Mpape is a community of it's own. The non slumish parts of Mpape are not a different community under Mpape. They are one indivisible community, but Kibera community is different from others even though they are under the same constituency.

It's just like the difference between Lagos city and Lagos state! Lekki and Ikeja are different cities from Lagos city, but they are all under Lagos state.

•••• So, while we can call Kibera community a slum, we cannot call Kibera constituency a slum.

Mpape on the other hand cannot be called a slum, we can only say Mpape has slummish parts (or better still to suit you, slum parts) Simple as ABC.

Setting that aside, why don't you Kenyans show us places in Nigeria that look like Kibera except Makoko? You want to compare Banana and Oranges?

***** The overwhelming majority of houses in Kibera 'community' and other Kenyan slums are built with Iron sheets and polythene bags, while those of Nigeria are built with concrete blocks, modern toilets, ceiling, roofs and a solidly dug foundation *****

What you guys are doing is akin to classifying China and Africa as the same just because both are considered '3rd world developing countries with a western nomenclature', forgetting that the differences between both are as wide as night and day.

genieluv:


Kibera constituency, wow. This makes it look like Kibera is so influential to the extent it's name swallowed up others to be the name of the entire consituency?

~~~~ Kibera is a community of it's own under Kibera constituency, good ! Mpape is a community of it's own. The non slumish parts of Mpape are not a different community under Mpape. They are one indivisible community, but Kibera community is different from others even though they are under the same constituency.

It's just like the difference between Lagos city and Lagos state! Lekki and Ikeja are different cities from Lagos city, but they are all under Lagos state.

•••• So, while we can call Kibera community a slum, we cannot call Kibera constituency a slum.

Mpape on the other hand cannot be called a slum, we can only say Mpape has slummish parts (or better still to suit you, slum parts) Simple as ABC.

Setting that aside, why don't you Kenyans show us places in Nigeria that look like Kibera except Makoko? You want to compare Banana and Oranges?

***** The overwhelming majority of houses in Kibera 'community' and other Kenyan slums are built with Iron sheets and polythene bags, while those of Nigeria are built with concrete blocks, modern toilets, ceiling, roofs and a solidly dug foundation *****

What you guys are doing is akin to classifying China and Africa as the same just because both are considered '3rd world developing countries with a western nomenclature', forgetting that the differences between both are as wide as night and day.

NairobiWalker:


Go to google maps and compare Kibera against the total area of Nairobi.

darfay:


If you are within the state where it is spoken, then yes

PROVERBZ:
Nigerian I said it was English because the rwandan team who recently came to Nigeria to play enyimba spoke English even their fans on enyimba page could but I just googled down their official language and I saw French and English included

genieluv:


Isn't Swahili the native language of swahili people of the coastal areas anymore? How then does no one own it?

rvp20183:
If a neighborhood has slums - it is a slum. That is problem with Nigeria cities. There are no strict zones so entire cities end up becoming slums. Nairobi you'll find slums erected temporarily. You go to Jo'burg you'll find the same slums. You go to Capetown - there are slums. You go to Nigeria - and the entire city is SLUMMISH to use your words.

This pictures taken around Kibera - can demonstrate it.

genieluv:


Are you sure? Bro, swahili evolved as a hybrid ethnic group, so are Fulanis and Touaregs of West Africa who evolved from a mixture of North African berber and black west africans.
***** We also have the Shuwa Arabs in Nigeria who evolved as a mix of Arabs and Nilotic west africans.

>>>> Even Amharas & Tigrays of Ethiopia are a mix of cushitic native east Africans and Semitic Yemeni pre-islamic arab people.
Many ethnic groups and languages of the world today evolved from mixtures of distinct people.

bantudra:


everybody should feel free to speak what they want....i dont know why some kenyans have a problem with pidgin....

pidgin is widely accepted worldwide....

NairobiWalker:


There's nothing like pidgin, you simply speak English in a Nigerian accent same way I'll speak English with a Kenyan accent and you'll understand.

tlann:
you can give me a little bit of history regarding how pidgin came to be i have no problem with pidgin

genieluv:


Swahili is recognized as an independent ethnic group by most sources.
**** Tanzania has nationalized and nationally indiginized swahili from what I can see, so, I get your concept.

>>>> However do you think Kenyans like NairobiWalker will accept to be called a Swahili because they speak the language? Are you yourself a swahili because you speak the language?

68816419:

Hahahaha Tafadali, someone should help in translating these sentences?

darfay:



Lagos does not even have red earth, talk more of Unilag on the edge of the Lagos lagoon so I wonder where this pictures came from especially the last one

darfay:


Your story doesn't add up. Students hostels are gated and visitors don't go in especially the girls hostel. There is always a visiting lounge.so how you supposedly took this picture is a mystery

Only God knows where this pictures from?

bantudra:


i dont know....i have no idea...am not that old to know....

bantudra:


i dont know....i have no idea...am not that old to know....

Jonraid:
The new Kenya currency coins look so mint!

It's a good sign if an economy still uses them. This means that the one,five,ten,and twenty shillings coins are very much significant and still posses great value!

Here is the one shilling, five shillings,ten shillings and twenty shillings coins

NairobiWalker:


There's something really wrong with you, we post you photos of slums in Nigeria, you deny those slums exist and dare us to consult google maps. I consult google maps and show you the slums, you come here with links explaining how those slums are marked for demolition. The argument is, are those slums or not? Whether they're marked for demolition or not doesn't matter, they're still slums and you lied to us that there are no slums in Abuja.



What are you talking about here now? There's nothing like slummish looking, what I saw is a slum, a full blown slum. Stop sugar coating it. Below are pictures of Woodley (first pic) and Ngumo (second pic) which are part of Kibera and really good estates, do they exempt Kibera from being a slum? You're trying too hard my dear.

The problem with you people is denial. You'll even deny your own mothers. You deny even something that is on Google maps?


There's nothing like slummish looking once again, it's either a slum or not.


So apparently you think vehicles don't go into Kibera? You think there are no roads in Kibera?

FYI even in Nairobi slums are not equal, some like Kibera have mostly tin houses while others like Kawangware (third picture) have nice concrete houses.




Pathetic.

68816419:

Stop fooling your self my guy,
below is the map of Kibera slums only?