Bifwoli:
Too much selective "facts" and misrepresentations here .

First off ,Lapsett was never about oil discovery it was mooted as part of Vision 2030 way back in 2008 - thats 4yrs before oil was 1st discovered in 2012,and in any case the total cost of Lapsett is way way above the small value of oil discovered .

You mention collapse of sugar industry but fail to say some of its woes are tied to Kidero - the NASA man widely held responsible for Mumias woes .And some of the chief accusers of looting and corruption were asked to go give concrete evidence to EACC they refused -cuz it was all for political mileage but with no supporting evidence.

You just mention one industry relocating but fail to highlight the many that've set base in Kenya.Daimler came in 2016,VW set up not too long ago,Hela clothing came in March 2017,many respected global hotel chains have opened shop,Volvo Trucks is opening an assembly plant in Mombasa and many other smaller firms have same plans.AVIC also set up their HQs here not bcuz of oil mind you.

You mention GDP not doubling and prices going up but you fail to say other factors like exchange rate went from 85 per $ to average 102 per $.In any case no country can lift its millions out of poverty in just 5yrs - even China with its massive growth of 10% for nearly 20yrs hasn'tbeen able to lift every Chinaman from poverty hence you see them trooping to settle in Africa.Real GDP growth has to go for long time in a sustained manner for you to see the dividends (has Ethiopia which is grows even faster managed to eliminated poverty?)

Lastly the debt rise has its visible effect - the roads ,power plants ,the massive rise in electrification rate ,the better hospital facilities (two specialised centeres in every county) the port dredging and capacity enhancement .the SGR ....all these are visible effects of debt rise and they'll have a knock on effect on GDP.

Now tell us with a straight face that living standards haven't improved and all these other factors don't have a net effect on the overall sitution? Lets not argue with emotions but let facts come naked with no skewed and selective way of looking at the big picture.

NairobiWalker said it in plain English with a list of common basic commodities that have witnessed price hikes since the last few years. He hasn't included fuel prices, rent amounts, transportation costs and school and medical fees, all of which have risen.
You see, you should understand how and when big macro infrastructure projects affect and effect micro economic change, and the former is not always neccesarily true of the latter. Policies that create jobs and put people at work for long, and food on people's plates, constantly, are what count. FYI, there has been a steady rise of youth unemployment and under employment, in spite of paper GDP growth.

My origins are in western kenya and i can assure you that sugar politics is a very sharp sword in those areas. That Kidero "ruined " Mumias sugar is a cheap lousy lie used by his detractors for political mileage. This isn't the place or time to discuss a man's career, but rest assured it was his successor who steered the ship aground. That being said, there is no sober debate on sugar issues in Kenya, and those voices who speak reason, never get heard. The feeling on the ground is that successive regimes have never helped the locals achieve prosperity by growing cane, by not using the levers of govt to do so. For example, govt turns a blind eye to the embezzlement of cess funds to fix roads in sugar zones, an unthinkable act in a tea growing zone. Also, govt doesn't show the same zeal in developing cane varieties via agric research institutions, that grows quicker and juicier than they do for crop varieties not grown in sugar zones. Most cane varieties in Kenya mature at 30+ months, FYI. In 2017, that's criminal!

mtis:
Kenya a small beautiful E African country with no natural resources to brag about but yet kicking butt..one of the few African countries showing potential .no fcking religious fanatism like north ..no freaking crazy stuff like West(naija )..No fvk exploitation like central (Congo)..just nice country

If you don't carry all those extra baggage you stated,then it means you have an advantage which should lift up your economy soon.African economies are too small.Singapore is tiny but it's economy is up there.You have an advantage but it is clear you have great challenges too,for example from posts here,your politics is still ethnic and clannish,a major bane in most African countries.And what is this thing about corn shortage?Food prices is one of those things that knock out governments.

mtis:
Kenya a small beautiful E African country with no natural resources to brag about but yet kicking butt..one of the few African countries showing potential .no fcking religious fanatism like north ..no freaking crazy stuff like West(naija )..No fvk exploitation like central (Congo)..just nice country

Lol. Keep living in fantasy world. Can you say the same about your growing debt profile which is now at 51% of GDP, projected to soon hit 60% of GDP and external debt representing 85% of the total debt? And corruption crisis? This is what your president have to say about fighting corruption
"Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta finally threw in the towel and conceded that there was nothing he could do to fight corruption in his Jubilee government and Kenya writ large"


The earlier you lots realize antagonizing each other won't change the reality we are all face with the better. Saying bad things about other nations those not change the facts that we are all facing our own crisis.
Nobody becomes great by telling how little the other person is.

mtis:
Kenya a small beautiful E African country with no natural resources to brag about but yet kicking butt..one of the few African countries showing potential .no fcking religious fanatism like north ..no freaking crazy stuff like West(naija )..No fvk exploitation like central (Congo)..just nice country

try to avoid the excess nationalism , and concentrate on stats to compare , yeah kenya is advancing quickly same as many african countries but still a lot to do . when i shared infographics or say africa is late in many fields, I do not say it to be wicked .

for the electricty that we was talking about , without talking about the world , in africa for exemple in 1990 (from 27 years) , electricity access was 91.02 % in algeria , 83.00% for tunisia, same for all north african countries , 56.5% for south africa , and i dont want to share 80s , 70s stats . so kenya is 30 years late in this field , i know kenya will catch up in 10 or 15 years .

I hate politics like nothing an I feel like representing many sober Kenyans...it doesn't matter who gonna became the preso after August eighth Kenya will still move on..wasee story na siasa doesn't help uchumi yetu..nikuombea nchi ikuwe na msee anayeweza kutupeleka Canaan ..Egpy tuliama Kitabo na haturudi humo tena iwe ni Raira or Uhuru..just my thought

chkil0:


try to avoid the excess nationalism , and concentrate on stats to compare , yeah kenya is advancing quickly same as many african countries but still a lot to do . when i shared infographics or say africa is late in many fields, I do not say it to be wicked .

for the electricty that we was talking about , without talking about the world , in africa for exemple in 1990 (from 27 years) , electricity access was 91.02 % in algeria , 83.00% for tunisia, same for all north african countries , 56.5% for south africa , and i dont want to share 80s , 70s stats . so kenya is 30 years late in this field , i know kenya will catch up in 10 or 15 years .

Your quotes are OK..but looking at them you can see a pattern..A country like Kenya is really making it big with no natural resources.now we gt oil an you can guess what's gonna happen..
Also looking at our weirdo Naija they also making big progress..if only they could manage their stuff well.so northern African might had a favourable atmosphere for progress but the sub-sahara is catching up very fast..an fast they are

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According to the police sources, Bello had four prior arrests, the most serious for sex abuse in Greenwich Village in August 2004, when he lifted a 23-year-old woman up by her crotch outside a Bleecker Street building.

KUDOS

Shaytun:

KUDOS

Huh ! didn't see that coming

nemesis2u:


OK

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only six countries in the world to design and develop its own nuclear submarines

India is a 3rd world country and the only country to launch more than 100 satellites from a single space launcher

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 5 countries in the world to have its own GPS system after US , Russia , china and EU.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 6 countries to have the capability to develop and launch heavy category space launchers for both LEO and GEO orbits.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 6 countries to have the capability to design and fabricate cryogenic engines.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 5 countries to have designed and launched their own aircraft carriers.

India is a 3rd world country and only the 2nd country after USA to have developed a super computer.

India is a 3rd world country and the only country in the world to have developed thorium based nuclear power.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 5 countries in the world to send a unmanned mission to moon.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 4 countries to have successfully sent a space probe to mars.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 6 countries in the world to have its own ICBMs.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 6 countries in the world to have its own SLBMS

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 4 countries to have tested scramjet engine.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 4 countries to have its own anti ballistic missile system (ABM)

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 5/6 countries to have its own space observatory.

India is a 3rd world country and has the 7th largest satellite constellation in the world.

India is a 3rd world country and has the largest constellations of remote sensing satellites for civilian use in the world.

India is a 3rd world country and has the 11th largest shipbuilding industry by market share (2014)

India is a 3rd world country and one of the 6 countries to have nuclear triad capability.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 3/4 countries to have tested its reusable space shuttle technology ( prototype ).

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 9/10 countries to have developed its own fighter aircraft's.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 8/9 countries to have developed its own transport helicopters.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 6/7 countries to have developed its own dedicated attack helicopters

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 9/10 countries to have developed its own main battle tanks (MBT) heavy weight class.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the few countries to have developed its own surface to air missile system

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 14/15 countries to have developed its own air to air missile.

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 5/6 countries to have its own ocean surveillance ship

India is a 3rd world country and one of the only 5/6 countries to have its own multi object tracking radar (1000km+) for space application

India is a 3rd world country and one of the 10 countries with the highest number of scientific publication

India is a 3rd world country and one of the 12 countries with the highest number of patents filed


etc

etc

etc

i tire ooooo

u know of any 3rd world country close enough to compete in above fields , mr.poster ? (one who made the comment)



my flight to ............ got delayed so i decided to pass my time in order to enlighten some ignorant people about 3rd world capabilities , which i hope they might use to judge and COMPARE their own countries capabilities and world position very accurately instead of shitting on others.

plz note i posted only some of the defense technology related capabilities /achievements till date , if anybody is interested in more 3rd world country capabilities in other fields , plz feel free to ask me , i will surely reply after 2 weeks.

humility and respect must never be taken as a sign of weakness or for granted , it only displays the posters ignorance and narrow mindedness .

live and let others live without ignorance

ok i disappear now ......

@kikuyu1 no worries i shall return , it was maskirovka lollll

India is a real sleeping giant . But I wish the above were human development . Most are military oriented, technology based with huge populations lacking essential services. Nigeria is right on your hills btw.

Nigeria Produces Best Overall Medical Student at Ukrainian University

http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/07/osun-produces-best-overall-medical-student-at-ukrainian-university/

Muafrika2:


India is a real sleeping giant . But I wish the above were human development . Most are military oriented, technology based with huge populations lacking essential services. Nigeria is right on your hills btw.

Truth be told I feel like the future superpower will be India not China.Look at major tech companies in States.they all headed by Indians..a research done on Microsoft some years back found that Indian born occupied 25% of the staff.German had a special visa for Indians because of their know how on tech thngy..there are more dudes with higher IQ in India than the total population of states..but that's my opinion

At this Rate we are going, The( British) Queen will soon run out of award.


Bukola Bolarinwa, a 28-Year-Old Nigerian lady has received the Queens Young Leaders Award from Queen Elizabeth of England.
Bukola is the founder of Haima Health Initiative, an online blood donation platform which supports hospitals who struggle to find blood in a safe and timely way.

https://www.nairaland.com/3892222/bukola-bolarinwa-receives-award-queen

Shaytun:


At this Rate we are going, The( British) Queen will soon run out of award.


Bukola Bolarinwa, a 28-Year-Old Nigerian lady has received the Queens Young Leaders Award from Queen Elizabeth of England.
Bukola is the founder of Haima Health Initiative, an online blood donation platform which supports hospitals who struggle to find blood in a safe and timely way.

https://www.nairaland.com/3892222/bukola-bolarinwa-receives-award-queen

So when are you gonna have your own Obama

Quick Facts.

Did you Know that the Smartest Family In The UK (The imafidions) Are Nigerians.

http://www.bet.com/news/global/2013/03/29/nigerian-family-is-smartest-family-in-britain.html

Last Friday, Queen Elizabeth II, awarded Nigeria’s Anne-Marie Imafidon an MBE, Member of the Order of the British Empire, for her work inspiring the next generation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). According to reports, at 27.

Quick Facts.

Imafidon is the youngest scientist to get a royal recognition since 1890.

http://venturesafrica.com/queen-elizabeth-honors-27-year-old-nigerian-anne-marie-imafidon/

mtis:
Kenya a small beautiful E African country with no natural resources to brag about but yet kicking butt..one of the few African countries showing potential .no fcking religious fanatism like north ..no freaking crazy stuff like West(naija )..No fvk exploitation like central (Congo)..just nice country

Yep.

I think having no oil gave us more freedom to be innovative and responsible with the little we got.

Quick Facts.

Did you know that a Nigerian (Philip emeagwali) is among the 10th Most intelligent people on earth.

https://www.mediahoarders.ng/news/top-10-most-intelligent-people-in-the-world-see-the-nigerian-that-made-the-list-what-he-did-with-pictures

https://www.goldmedia.ng/top-10-intelligent-people-world-see-nigerian-made-list-pictures/


Philip Emeagwali has been listed as amongst the top 10 most intelligent people in the world, having the acclaimed IQ of 190.

Philip Emeagwali, of course, is a renowed and world-acclaimed engineer, mathematician, computer scientist and geologist who was one of two winners of the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, a prize from the IEEE, for his use of a Connection Machine supercomputer to help detect petroleum fields.
He has the 9th slot directly below Marilyn vos Savant, 8th with verified IQ of 190 and directly above 10th placed Garry Kasparov who is alleged to have an IQ of 190.

The Nigerian is credited for inventing a formula that allows supercomputers powered by thousands of processors to perform billions of calculations per second, a discovery that made international headlines and inspired the reinvention of supercomputers.

The supercomputer comprises of thousands of networked computers and the Internet also comprises of millions of networked computers. The supercomputer spawned the Internet.

Emeagwali’s 1970s hypothesis on 64,000 networked computers around the Earth led to his programming of 64,000 processors inside a big box to perform 3.1 billion calculations per second, a world record in 1989. For the latter achievement, he won the 1989 Gordon Bell Prize, which is the “Nobel prize of supercomputing.”

Shaytun:


At this Rate we are going, The( British) Queen will soon run out of award.


Bukola Bolarinwa, a 28-Year-Old Nigerian lady has received the Queens Young Leaders Award from Queen Elizabeth of England.
Bukola is the founder of Haima Health Initiative, an online blood donation platform which supports hospitals who struggle to find blood in a safe and timely way.

https://www.nairaland.com/3892222/bukola-bolarinwa-receives-award-queen

Ha ha

After Mau Mau and the like, we don't get any "Queen of England" affirmations

mtis:

Truth be told I feel like the future superpower will be India not China.Look at major tech companies in States.they all headed by Indians..a research done on Microsoft some years back found that Indian born occupied 25% of the staff.German had a special visa for Indians because of their know how on tech thngy..there are more dudes with higher IQ in India than the total population of states..but that's my opinion

Interesting

Seems all their smart guys are busy building the West. Hope they will be returning.

CNN IS FAKE NEWS
WATCH HERE.
THEYVE BEEN LYING TO US FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxg6Xs3jQek

Designing a State-of-the-Art Medical Facility in Nigeria

Rebecca Zinn

DBI Architects

After a harrowing first-hand experience with the precarious state of Nigeria’s medical system, Nigerian expatriate and American citizen Philip Njowusi embarked on a project that would not only provide a state-of-the-art medical facility in Lagos, the country’s most populated city, but also attract highly skilled medical practitioners to Nigeria. As the site of this innovative facility, Njowusi selected a location as extraordinary as the project itself: Eko Atlantic, a multibillion-dollar, environmentally sustainable, ultramodern planned development—to be constructed on four square miles of land reclaimed from the Atlantic Ocean. Situated south of Lagos and bordering Victoria Island, the city is expected to be an economic boon for the West African subregion, creating an oasis of opportunity for Lagos’s 17.5 million inhabitants.

DBI Architects, in collaboration with SmithGroup JJR, approached the design of the Eko Atlantic Medical Center with the objective of creating a self-contained, easily accessible campus that provides functionally separate, yet stylistically integrated, medical and residential spheres. After completion, the city of Eko Atlantic is expected to accommodate 400,000 residents and 250,000 daily commuters; the city’s primary medical facility, then, must have the capacity to treat both the routine and critical health concerns of such a large population.

To fulfill these requirements, the architects designed three central campus structures totaling 1,011,570 SF. The largest (370,900-SF) medical building, to be constructed during Phase I of the project, provides space for 150 private in-patient beds within its boomerang-shaped elevated structure and houses the Center’s interventional platform, which includes an emergency room, imaging suites, operating rooms, laboratories, specialty clinics and sleep labs, a pharmacy, and a cancer center.

Also located in this building are the Center’s materials management and operational systems areas; its kitchen, dining area, and café; and its administrative offices and conference rooms. Phase II of the project includes the construction of a second medical building (260,998 SF) that also accommodates 150 beds. These two buildings arc into each other, as if they are about to embrace, across an open healing garden and connect via a main corridor that features the facility’s main lobby, information and security desks, and outpatient registration area.

On the northeastern corner of the campus, a 26-floor high-rise (379,673-SF) soars above the site’s other buildings; primarily a luxurious residence providing 100 apartments for hospital staff, this structure also houses outpatient medical offices and labs on its first few floors. The medical buildings and the residential/office tower each have separate entrances to access the campus’s 1,200-car parking garage, located on the site’s northwestern corner. Similarly, the tower’s outpatient offices and residences have separate entrances to minimize the impact of public areas on private space.
DBI and SmithGroup JJR’s overall design aesthetic was to create a futuristic, open, and high-tech campus that united its buildings in style and concept but articulated their distinctly different functions through shape. A key element that integrates the buildings is an emphasis on the continual circulation of fresh air. The two medical buildings are oriented along a north-south axis and elevated above the street level, so that ocean breezes are channeled through the buildings’ healing garden and, then, toward the residential tower. Featuring an open core, the high-rise is able to take advantage of these crosswinds, which continually refresh the building’s interior. In addition, each unit’s balcony extends deep into the apartment’s interior to provide ventilation within the living space.

The fully perforated, permeable skin that sheaths the tower is another subtle, yet functionally important, design feature that promotes air circulation and cooling. Taken as a whole, the open, yet controlled, space of these three buildings conveys a sense of respiration that promotes healing and relaxation. The shapes of the tower and the medical buildings are unexpected and unique; the verticality of the high-rise anchors the entire campus and establishes the Center’s identity as strong and healthful.

To distinguish between the buildings’ residential and medical functions, the architects designed the medical buildings to be lower to the ground with a horizontal orientation, a feature emphasized with the addition of green roofs and gardens. While the tower’s height enables residents to enjoy ocean views, the two medical buildings feature open, five-story glass atria on their south façades, providing access to beautiful ocean vistas, and on their north façades, overlooking Eko Atlantic’s glittering cityscape.

feelgoodInc:
CNN IS FAKE NEWS
WATCH HERE.
THEYVE BEEN LYING TO US FOR A LONG TIME NOW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxg6Xs3jQek

Ya watching a lot of fox news or ya just a trumptard...

QUICK FACTS.

Before there were street lights in European cities, ancient Benin kingdom had street lights fueled by palm oil.

http://www.newhistorian.com/benin-city-stunning-metropolis-annihilated-british-empire/7287/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi4tsXD1-rUAhWFWRoKHWHRAPQQFggfMAg&usg=AFQjCNGvBkgdyffwbixAIN_E9gM2X1EWcw

jln115:
Still trying to figure out who's more hated on this thread, the Boere or the Zulu's ??

Definitely zulus Naijas are pissed off that Zulus got the Boers an naija don't have

Muafrika2:

Ha ha

After Mau Mau and the like, we don't get any "Queen of England" affirmations

Dont worry, we'l take all the "affirmations" meant for both countries.

And by the time we are done their will be no more "affirmation" left to give.

Shaytun:


QUICK FACTS.

Before there were street lights in European cities, ancient Benin kingdom had street lights fueled by palm oil.

http://www.newhistorian.com/benin-city-stunning-metropolis-annihilated-british-empire/7287/&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi4tsXD1-rUAhWFWRoKHWHRAPQQFggfMAg&usg=AFQjCNGvBkgdyffwbixAIN_E9gM2X1EWcw

Good IF they had that...but how is Benin today compared to Europe..

Muafrika2:

Ha ha

After Mau Mau and the like, we don't get any "Queen of England" affirmations

Dont worry, we'l take all the "affirmations" meant for both countries.

And by the time we are done there will be no more "affirmation" left to give.

QUICK FACTS.

On the 7th May, 2016 at Howard University in Washington D.C history was made. Out of 96 graduating Doctor of Pharmacy candidates, 43 of them were Nigerians and out of 27 awards given, 16 went to Nigerians.

QUICK FACTS.

When there was a coup in São Tomé and Príncipe in 2003, Nigeria restored the elected President back to power.

mtis:

Calling Obama homo..not fair bro..

By now you should I don't put anything down unless its true and there's evidence: brace yourself!

President Obama considered pursuing a homosexual relationship when he was in college after meeting an openly GAY professor with whom he shared a friendship 'beyond the classroom'
President Obama considered pursuing a gay relationship according to a new book Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama
While at Occidental College in Los Angeles Obama in 1980 he had a close relationship with openly gay professor Lawrence Goldyn
Goldyn was 'funny, engaging' and 'wore these really right bright yellow pants and open-toed sandals'
Obama wrote to his first intimate girlfriend a few years later that he thought about and considered gayness
But Obama ultimately decided that a same-sex relationship would be less challenging and demanding than developing one with the opposite sex

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4470550/President-Obama-considered-pursuing-gay-relationship.html#ixzz4lgF15nJo
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If the black Mofo admits to that IMAGINE WHAT ELSE HE GETS UP TO ?! There's much more,OCEANS more up to including sworn statements,eyewitness testimony and dudes who saw him pick up homos at his south side basketball games. Fyi,the church he ised to attend was known for black homos looking for 'beards.'

mtis:

Definitely zulus Naijas are pissed off that Zulus got the Boers an naija don't have

Hhmm..you are actually on to something here