₦airaland Forum

You deserve empathy - mental health issues is a real sucker.

Just40:
Every corner you turn, whether North, East, West or central and south of Accra you'll only find beauty and good living. Boy ... Like I've said here before, Nairobi needs 40 billion dollars in investment in order to catch up to Accra.

If we nail the housing thing in big 4 - build 500,000 units - eliminate Kayoles/such - and just get proper mass trasport - metro - South Africa is shadow. We are 10yrs behind them. By 2035 Nairobi will be Africa best city...if we keep up the tempo.

Shma:
I have enjoyed every bit of this video.
Somewhere in the middle, I thought we were in Singapore.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtgzRP3y5Dw

@rvp2018, you were right on catching up with jorburg - SA. We just need to fix our horizontal infr and everything will be perfect.


Nigeria is currently out of the league. The focus is now on SA and N.Africa.

We are and we have.
We have 10yrs old constitution that address most of the challenges.
We have laws that address such issues.
By law we required all appointments to reflect the face of kenya.
By law we required women to make 1/3 of all appointment.
By law we divided money to counties based on population, poverty index and other such parameters.
When we got oil in Turkana - we gave Turkana 30 percent of it - made turkana minister of oil
Because we want avoid Nigeria - where South East - were the oil comes from - are busy sabotaging the pipelines because they get nothing.
Money goes to Abuja - and now they want to secede so they can get oil money.
Then North Nigeria - has Sharia law - what kind of nonsense is that - how is Nigeria suppose to function as a country?
In Kenya - we have sharia law only for personal matters btw muslims - we have kadhis courts - but only for personal matters - divorces, such by two muslims willing to appear before it
Otherwise everyone stick to common law.

GeneralDae:
Why not face your tribalism in Kenya and your systematic issues that allows only a certain family or tribe to rule? Why not address the cause of the depressing tribalism in Little India with just 46 tribes (including India )?

You want to unite the country by the charisma of a leader?

Why not fix the systemic, structural and constitutional frameworks that makes division and disunity fester. Why not listen to what Ibos are saying and fix their issues for example. Why not have constitutional conference to address such issues. If it sharing natural resources - make a law that address the concern of the people.

You guys are funny for lack of a word - never too serious. You cannot unite a country for long by the charismatic talents of a leader.

chrisooblog:
Tinubu is a smart and brilliant politician no doubt but I personally think Nigeria needs an inspiring transformative leader who can unite and get everyone moving in the same direction. Asiwaju has his haters and detractors who may seriously hamper his efforts no matter how well intentioned should he become president. His frequent medical enforced visits to the UK also doesn't sit well with me considering what we've gone through with Bubu.

Nigeria doesn't just need economic solutions but someone who can help heal deep sitted wounds and inspire us to better.

Jomo Kenyatta was imprisoned for 7yrs for his role in armed resistance
And therefore deserve Kenya leadership - which he won in 1960s.
We have always conducted elections every 5yrs.
We are not a Zoo like Nigeria.
We have no military dictators that we recycle.
Uhuru was elected and has 80 days to go home.

obaaderemi:
All these bombings and sufferings for independence only to hand the country over to Mr. and Mrs kenyatta and their spoilt puppies.

New team to join Ndii.

How can you be helped when you cannot even admit the problems you have?

Naijasauce69:
Most countries on Earth with oil aren’t filthy rich. Oil isn’t a free ticket or magic. That’s a myth only believed by the ignorant and low IQs.

All those perimeters you listed Nigeria has better than Kenya.

Nigeria has one of the best commutes in the developing world. Far better than Kenya.

It has better electricity than Kenya.

It does have sewage systems. More than Kenya.

It has some of the best piped water by African standards. Better than Kenya.

It has one of the largest and fastest growing road and rail networks in Africa. Far ahead of Kenya.

It has the 4/5th best security in Africa leaving most of the insecurity happening in the smaller fringe communities. Terrorist defiantly aren’t strolling into the Heart of Nigerian capital cities and turning them into blood baths annually. How does a Somali terror group regularly terrorize Nairobi Zombies? Pathetic.

The more you try to reduce Nigeria; the more you reduce Kenya because Nigeria is superior to you by most perimeters.

Kenya is the most grand Zoo of all. A place where an adventure can see both large exotic animals living there natural lives in the wild along with (humans)Kenyans living in the same wild, in huts, or urban slum cages.


The only thing that appears to be absent here is your brain.

Exactly. They havent seen a bomb in their entire lives because none of it was ever dropped. They paid pure gold and british took enough of it.

Baliv254:
i dont think there are many independence struggles in africa that were fought in this manner
kenya was meant to be a settler colony like south africa was upto 1993, the british air dropped thousands of bombs in forests to attempt to snuff out the Mau mau, relocated hundreds of villages into concentration camps.

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You are bunch of cowards that paid the British 76 billion dollars so they dont sit on your stool - and were handed back your country after they were done looting.
Kenya fought for their independence.
The British conducted many aerial bombing.
Kenyans taught many in Africa that British as much as they were a mighty empire could be fought.
South Africans learnt from Mau Mau and many other rebellions.

That is why our flag has prominent red to signify the great loss of blood to fight for independence

British Bombing.
Aerial bombing continued to be a British military practice after World War II, but there were some changes. The RAF, while no longer relying on fleets of bombers, maintained the ability to drop nuclear bombs in the event of a major war with the Soviet Union. That role was eventually taken from the RAF when, in 1968, Royal Navy missile submarines were designated to deliver nuclear weapons in the event of a war. However, the RAF and planes from the Royal Navy continued to use tactical bombing throughout the postwar period and into the 21st century. RAF and Royal Navy units dropped bombs in support of ground troops during the Korean War (1950-1953), the Falklands War (1982), the Persian Gulf Wars (1991 and 2003 to present), and in Afghanistan (2002-2014). Bombing was also used (though on a limited scale) to keep order in Malaya against communist rebels and against the Mau Mau Rebellion in Kenya.

Lincolns of No. 49 Squadron Attacking Mau Mau Hideouts with Bombs, Mount Kenya Beyond.

vankelvin:
Ghanaians see this they see bomb but Kenyans see this they see food. Hungry set of people

There is nothing you're doing.
You have oil - you have NO excuse to be poor.
You're bunch of ZOogerians living in a ZOO!
When I am in Nairobi or Europe my QOL (quality of life) is almost the same.
Basic stuff like electricity, internet, water, sewage, - kenya is better than some part of Europe.
FIX BASICS.
Dont come and tell us about tech startups or Dangote.

Tell us ABOUT
1) WORLD WORST COMMUTE
2) WORLD WORST ELECTRICITY
3) TOTAL ABSENCE OF SEWAGE
4) TOTAL ABSENCE OF PIPED WATER
5) TOTAL ABSENCE OF ROADS AND RAILS
6) TOTAL ABSENCE OF PERSONAL SECURITY

Nigeria and DRC - you need to FIX YOUR COUNTRY URGENTLY

GeneralDae:
We have more road networks and rails than Kenya, so what are you on about?
My point is about electricity, think about it. If we can be doing all these without so called electricity, then your bet is as good as mine with constant electricity.

You nigerians are messed up.
How the hell does an index on tech startups become a measure of quality of life in Lagos.
So having 10 or 20 tech companies more than Nairobi is something to shout about.
Majority of these start ups in Nigeria are diasporain Nigeria kids.
Heck if your football was exclusive club of diaspora kids... you'd be proud of a team of diaspora kids....born, brought up and nurtured in London or Newyork.
Fix the BASICS - Electricity, Water, Sewage, Roads, Rails - then come and talk.
You're just very stupid delusional people I have seen.

GeneralDae:
Isn't it surprising? They say investors don't come because we don't have peace or electricity, yet, out of 75 fastest growing companies in Africa, we have 21 and even Kenya with the electricity and better/faster Internet has 9.
Lagos alone (without electricity) and with 25 million people has 65 registered companies, same as the entire Kenya. Lagos is the number 1 start up ecosystem in the continent.

Lagos is now the top startup city in Africa.

Nigeria has increased significantly, gaining five spots to rank 63rd globally. It is the highest-ranking country in Western Africa and the 3rd highest-ranking country in Africa.

Lagos, Nigeria's most populous city, has surpassed Nairobi and is now the highest-ranking city in Africa, gaining five spots to 122nd. Lagos has also ranked in the global top 50 cities for E-commerce & Retail Technology and in the global top 100 for both Transportation Technology and Education Technology.

Ibadan saw a massive increase in ranking, jumping 601 spots to 353rd globally and 2nd in Nigeria, surpassing the Nigerian capital of Abuja. The latter, ranked 3rd nationally, fell 12 spots to 466th, while Port Harcourt decreased by six spots to 906th. The newest Nigerian city in the rankings, Enugu, ranks 978th globally and 5th nationally. Benin City has increased nine spots to 979th, while Kano jumped 14 spots to 981st.

In total, Nigeria has seven cities in the global top 1000 and continues to have the highest number of ranked cities of any African nation.

A mini zoo has 20 percent inflation, 20 percent base interest, 20 percent currency depreciation but at least you still get reasonable amount of electricity, some water, zero sewage and security.

Kenya is obviously not a zoo...at least most parts of it where most people live...we have problems where some parts are complete zoos...we are near south africa in unequal development..and that is our challenge. There are areas where poverty is almost 80-90 percent - those are mostly the northern parts of kenya that are remote, arid and wild.

Otherwise if you live in Nairobi - there is very little difference with Europe.

Just40:
please correct yourself ...

Ghana is not a mini zoo.... The fact that Kenya is does not mean everyone should be a zoo.

Ruto has done enough to rise from MP to Minister to Deputy President. If our president die like Yardua - he will become president like Goodluck. He is like your Obisanjo. You should focus on what Obisanjo promises to fixes Nigeria problems. Not listing 100 nonsensical things that he has done in office. If you need to list things you've done then you've done nothing. A good CV is one pager. If you've been a CEO of fortune 500 company - that is one line. Anybody intelligent enough should know what CEO of big company does.

So change the conversation from what Obina did or Tinubu did as state governors or Obisanjo did as VP - and focus on what they are promising to do - ask yourselves if they have their understood Nigeria contemporary challenges, and what are their proposals to fix those issues.

Obina, Tinubu, Obisanjo, Atiku - they are qualified - having been state governors or vice presidents before - so as much as you want to focus on their track record - it wont help solve the current problems. They need to be all over telling Nigerians how they can wipe the shame of lacking 24hours of electricity. It's totally completely insane not have 24hours of electricity - even Somali Mogadishu has 24 hours of electricity.

GeneralDae:
So what has Ruto done previously that makes him capable? How do you know he can do what he promised? I am sure Uhuru also promised Heaven and Earth.

By the time youre in consideration for president; then you meet some basic criteria; that is you've done something previously enough to be a serious candidate. Dont tell us about building primary schools and desks 25yrs ago - tell us their proposal to fix nigeria current problems.

What CHANGE are they proposing to fix electricity crisis? Any single idea. That is interesting debate.

Next Boko Haram/Fulani Cows/Cattle rustling/ Islamic extermisms? Any ideas?

Next poverty & unemployment? Any ideas.

GeneralDae:
Exactly why Governor Muranga is my preffered candidate. Trust me, Kenyans need those free cows.

But let me ask you this:
When you interview candidates for a job, what is your scoring criteria? Is it:
1) The Ideas they supposedly have( what they said they would do)? OR
2) What they have done before?

Heckling 24-7s will not help.
Uhuru grew our economy from 4 trillion to 12 trillion kshs in 10yrs.
From 40B to 110B usd in 10yrs.
Average growth rate is almost 6 percent.
And that is semi-functional drunkard
Nigeria you elected a dead man - that Trump described as lifeless.
And he is primary school dropout to booth.

Balogunodua:
The Nigeria corpse performed better then the living dead called Kenya President

Fix electricity first before you talk ZOogerian. You're not allowed to talk - mini zoo Ghana can talk - before functional nations.

Balogunodua:
Tinubu is greater than any Kenya politician dead or alive..including the drunkard Uhuru the failed Kenya Messiah


Now Ruto or Raila the upcoming drug addicts

Thanks goodness you're not me. But yes cows in Kenya are very valuable - because we are building world class dairy industry. That gov was head of Kenya gov milk dairy - and has done well in dairy in his county.

This Muranga county where he is the governor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzWMAYP8QP8

There are cows in kenya that will cost you even 3 million Naira.

We have definitely built Africa best dairy industry - and if Nigeria copied kenya - you could eliminate lot of poverty and fulani mess.

GeneralDae:
If I were you, I would vote the Governor of Muranga.

Kenya politics - it's 2.5 months to the general election - the two leading candidates are well known - one has been prime minister - one is current deputy president.

Opinion polls indicate it's neck to neck...although Ruto has an edge. I also believe based on my tribal modelling of kenya mostly ethnic based politics that Ruto is going to win in 1st round.

The running mates (Deputy President) will be unveiled before the deadline on Monday...today or tomorrow.

Then manifestos will follow. The focus of the candidates is the future...to sell their ideas on how they will make life better for kenyans.

By time you want to be president your track record should be known - and focus should be on the manifesto or issues.

Nigeria will end up electing another Buhari for what he did in 1985 - this time it's Tinubu- for what he did in 1990s - then they arrive too old too weak too senile too tired to do anything except breath and other basic metabolism.

Nigeria politics is messed up. The focus should be debating and discussing solutions to problem facing it. They should be talking day and night on fixing electricity crisis, bringing millions of kids to school, solving security challenges, the collapsed federal infrastructure and growing internal revenues.

But it's about - what I did 20yrs ago to provide desks to 10 primary schools.

One would imagine these are well known personalities; and focus should be on their manifesto; what they are promising to do; their ideas; and the future. Not everything he did in the office 25yrs ago. What are they proposing to fix electricity crisis for example?

At least this focus of kenya politics - what will you do?

For example Ruto (who I am supporting) is promising amongst other things - universal health coverage -No Kenyan will pay for medication once we assume office this year because they will all be under the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) cover. That is our priority at Kenya Kwanza.

Raila who I dont support - is promising welfare cheque for every jobless or poor family of 6,000kshs (60 dollars) every month.

>>Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has defended his decision to give unemployed Kenyans Ksh6,000 monthly stipend noting that the state had enough money to set up the Ksh100 billion Social Welfare Fund.

One joke - governor of muranga - is promising every kenya a cow

>>“Some say that they will give out Ksh.6,000 to the needy but my government will provide every Kenyan citizen with a cow.One home, one cow, and I will make this come true. I want to start it before being elected as President,” he explained.

GeneralDae:

Nigeria politics..are you going to list every tiny thing each candidate did?

Way ahead of schedule; Nairobi expressway today opens for public use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZVJM_u_1SQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze5KBhUHFik

Equity Bank continues to rise
Profit in 1st Q up 100M dollars plus. Last year they made about 350M dollars in profit yearly. This year they could hit half a billion. 3-5yrs they will be generating a billion dollars in profit annually.
Compares to Nigeria most profitable/biggest Zenith- made 160m in a quarter....Equity in 3-5yrs will have overtaken all Nigeria banks
To be biggest bank outside South Africa in SSA.
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/interest-income-lifts-equity-q1-net-profit-by-33-7pc-3813274

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/promoted/526776-zenith-banks-growth-accelerates-with-22-rise-in-gross-earnings-in-q1-2022.html


During the January-March period, Equity’s balance sheet expanded 19.04 percent year-on-year to Sh1.27 trillion, while customer deposits rose 14.05 percent to Sh900.92 billion.

You get what you pay for; if you want chinese to build you a gold plated road; they will;

Kazikazi:
What is more strange about these Chinese is,when they are building something in their homeland,you will see a very good infrastructure, but when they come and build something for Africans,then the whole hell will broke loose,all the shoddy work will be at display.
May be they take these ignorant africans for granted?

You're kidding yourself.
Just remove hotels - that is more ridicolous than word itself.
Not even Nairobi come close to Mombasa in that.

Now do you port like Mombasa port with all related industries that stretches all the way near Mariakiani?
Nope - that would be Lagos - right?

So Mombasa has Lagos in it (port city - sitting on natural harbour) - and resort city on world class white sandy beaches (nothing like that in entire west africa)

Nairobi is business+industrial city.

Mombasa is port +resort city.

Kuruptnigga:
The only thing mombasa is ahead of Abuja and Port Harcourt is just that beautiful beachs/island. But when it comes to environmental, roads, shopping center, Housing estates, World class hotels. Infact infrastructure as a whole, Mombasa is not even at the level of kaduna.

Dont make me laugh. People fly direct from Europe to go and spend their time in Mombasa. Your totally useless soot covered port city should concentrate in being an oil city.

Not even Abuja come close.

Mombasa to Diani - 40kms
Mombasa to Vipingo - 40kms
That is coastline - that gives 80kms of world class beachfront with hotels.

Mombasa to Mariakani - 40kms- this towards the mainland - to Nairobi

Mombasa port - is larger than anything you got in Nigeria. Mombasa has a large industrial base - 2nd only to Nairobi.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA9SvQRj3EU

Kuruptnigga:
My friend? Mombasa is a castle kral. Port harcourt has a world class airport, railway, stadium, Hotels, malls, parks, estates etc which mombasa dose not have. Mombasa should first aim Owerri before getting to Port Harcourt

Unless beauty to you means something else - mombasa as resort city is incredibly beautiful with world class beaches, hotels, resorts and name it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOAsrfE9aus

Mombasa is more beautiful than Nairobi. Cant be compared to that dirty soot covered Port Harcourt.

Mombasa if define as metro - including diani, north coast (all way to vipingo), and mainland to mariakani is huge.

Mombasa has more hotels bed than entire Nigeria - I am talking of proper hotels and cottages - you're talking almost 40kms of hotels on both direction from mombasa main city (Island) - that is almost 80kms of world class beach front with hotels.


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

Kuruptnigga:
Nairobi is beautiful and still developing. But i’m talkIng about mombasa and Port Harcourt. Nairobi is the only beautiful city in kenya. No doubt.

Nairobi Southlands - South C/B - and Nairobi National Park edge. Also visible is the Nairobi dying Industrial area - as industries are moving to the metro.

You can see Nigeria first import to Kenya - the Winners Chapel South B huge church - I remember my brother joining it circa 1996 - so many Nigerian to this day come to Kenya as missionairies to spread their prosperity gospel.

Joburg in 10yrs will be seeing dust from the former dustbowl of Nairobi.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbRXt_jX-i0

If you're very idle watch this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnVWCei5Gu4

Kuruptnigga:
But you and i know that Port Harcourt is more developed and clean than Mombasa

Maube you have your own Mombasa.

Kuruptnigga:
Port Harcourt City.
Far more better than Mombasa

You cannot compare darkness (TZ) with light(kenya)

Kazikazi:
Each type of governing system has its shortcomings,I can't bury the head on a sand and day the central gov in TZ whivh appoints governors they are always getting good people for a job sometimes political favours deddies who should go where.
But again in issues of your expensive system, the cost factor is a huge setback for almost all of African nations,we can't afford and its stupid to pay a huge money to politicians in those tiny tiny areas u call county. Then there is tribalism.Federations increases tribalism.And there is no proof to say federations work better than centralization type on any African country.
Just check kenya,with all ur praises,the poorest region in Kenya if compared with the poorest region in Tz,our Tz region wil still look better

Can we compare?