Kenya – Africa’s infrastructure powerhouse

Given the thread talks of Kenya emerging, I'd like to post a few Kenyan urban areas

Nakuru - Kenya

Mombasa

t-time said:

so you saying we are bullies ? we are the nation that concentrate on us but somehow people will just quote us out of context n think we are a certain way . its good that its been said that economically we are not doing good so thats the only thing you will celebrate other than that nothing lol . i mean nothing
fyi this is soweto
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fyi this is the soweto that yall call a slum

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Really? You concentrate on yourselves? So how much were you concentrating on yourself when you jumped into this thread that has nothing to do with SA and started bragging of how SA is far better than Kenya and attacking Kenyans? Maybe other South Africans concentrate on themselves. Not you.

Kisumu

Nairobi - Kenya

Eldoret

Manda

Shela - Kenya

Westlands District

Parklands

Kilimani district

Kizingo

Nyali

Watamu

eliakeem said:

At last....
Thanks you so much for understanding. It's my hope that you'll be keep on keeping on bringing to their attention how unplanned settlements of Dar differ with that of Nairobi, and of course a distinction between unplanned settlements and slums.

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Wait, do not congratulate yourself yet, I am not convinced yet.

Apart from the fact that this is a mish-mash of houses varying in quality and with different income groups all living within the same place:

a)in what other ways again do the unplanned settlements differ from slums? Is it the absence of modern, wealthy houses within the settlements that make all the difference?

b)does the term "informal settlements" mean the same thing as unplanned settlements or slums?[/QUOTE]

Thanks Livale. t-time referred to uor cities as "glorified villages", but no prob'. We are proud of them as they are, the buildingds may not be tall, with spaggetti highways snaking thru, but even our 26th largest town beats many Africa capital cities hands down, in terms of development.

Kericho Town.Tea town in south rift,kenya.

Iconoclastes said:

Wait, do not congratulate yourself yet, I am not convinced yet.

Apart from the fact that this is a mish-mash of houses varying in quality and with different income groups all living within the same place:

a)in what other ways again do the unplanned settlements differ from slums? Is it the absence of modern, wealthy houses within the settlements that make all the difference?

b)does the term "informal settlements" mean the same thing as unplanned settlements or slums?

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A: Apart from a level value of properties, peculiar features are
1. high population density,
2. high crime rate,
3. persistence of sporadic diseases,
4. difficulty in upgrading the area with basic social infrastructure.

B: Informal settlements and unplanned settlements can be used interchangeably. Though informal can also be refered as the pieces of land which have not been well registered and documented in cadastral system.

I trust we are now in the same metro.

NairobiWalker said:

Really? You concentrate on yourselves? So how much were you concentrating on yourself when you jumped into this thread that has nothing to do with SA and started bragging of how SA is far better than Kenya and attacking Kenyans? Maybe other South Africans concentrate on themselves. Not you.

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Did u know the moment you mentioned "africa" you mentio ed SA indirectly n true south africans will not shut up . ooh by the way we r still part of this dark continent that includes kenya lol .next time when you dont want my good cities taking over your thread Dont generalise n include my sa in it then you gon b good

Iconoclastes said:

Thanks Livale. t-time referred to uor cities as "glorified villages", but no prob'. We are proud of them as they are, the buildingds may not be tall, with spaggetti highways snaking thru, but even our 26th largest town beats many Africa capital cities hands down, in terms of development.

Kericho Town.Tea town in south rift,kenya.

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Is this how u roll bro ,after painting my country you play the victim ? You makin me feel like I did something wrong by posting my countries towns now u revert to been a victim

t-time said:

Is this how u roll bro ,after painting my country you play the victim ? You makin me feel like I did something wrong by posting my countries towns now u revert to been a victim

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pal,we didnt write that report and no one is denying the fact that SA is ages ahead in terms of development..we coming up to and that is also a fact