The Mystery that is the Standard Gauge Railway .
If you have not heard about the standard gauge railway and you are a Kenyan, Please go back to that hole that you were hiding in. Well despite all the negative news about the tendering process that has engulfed Kenya’s desire not desire but Need to have a standard gauge railway, It is a good … Continue reading
DO WE WANT VISION 2030? IF YES, LET US URBANIZE
Kenya’s vision 2030, in my opinion will remain a sitting or rather lame duck, if we keep doing business as usual. Like other developing countries in the global south we are faced with problems of unemployment, high population growth rate, food insecurity and also high income inequality not forgetting our pathetic excuse of democracy … Continue reading
WHAT KENYA SHOULD DO FOR URBAN PLANNING IN 2013?
Let us face it planning in Kenya is in books and ambitious blueprints stacked in the documentation departments of most government and private agencies, I would say government as private enterprises will for sure implement their plans if they do indeed want to make profits and attract more equity among other factors. Africa is among … Continue reading
URBAN PRIMACY IN KENYA
Kenya like many developing countries suffers from urban primacy which has worked in stemming growth and development of the economy in a manner that is sustainable and inclusive, among the root causes of our societies inequality lies in over dependence on Nairobi and a few other towns. Nairobi is the heart beat of Kenya contributing … Continue reading
PRAGMATIC URBANISM 