XhosaNostra:


It's called the Sarangethi or something, right? Have you been there to watch it?

tylann:


Haaaaa ..... Sore loser

Kazikazi:
That's a small section of Tanzanias Serengeti ecosystem.migration happens everywhere in the ecosystem. The image below explains it more.So its a choice of an individual to choose which spot to witness the migration. For someone like Obama,chose TZ side.he spent a week in Serengeti last year.And TZ side is more expensive than Kenya's Masai mara

XhosaNostra:


True. The Eastern Cape is the best place for nature lovers because it's naturally beautiful, not artificial. Also the most neglected province, lest we forget. Just sad.

rvp20183:
Kenya Gov stopped building school infrastructure I think 1989. Gov supplies teachers, capitation for every student for free education, books and school equipment. The parents mostly build the schools.

Education in kenya is national/federal function exception for pre-primary - where devolved gov ran & build pre-primary/nursery schools.

Parents mostly build schools through "Harambee" - fund raising - with help of CDF (Constitutuency Fund that the Member of National Assembly is the patron) - once in a while national gov has stepped in to build model schools - once in maybe 20yrs.

Anyway most public schools infrastructures are either build through fund raising or CDF fund - including buying of school buses.

Example: Kibera's Mbagathi High school built by CDF. Every MP is given around 1-2M dollars annually for such small projects in his constituency.


Most of school buses are also funded by CDF


But the bulk of kenya basic infrastructure was built through HARAMBEE! Our national motto! Our football team is called Harambee stars! The president office is called "Harambee House".

Most of day schools are called "Harambee" secondary schools because they were build through fundraising.

Harambee - is basically Ubuntu - people of certain area need a school - they organize a fundraising and invite guest - they raise money and start constructing the school.

jaycent:
Kenya don't have the money to do that, except they borrow from China again poor kenya

forgiveness:



After surfing through the net I discovered your government has not built one classroom since after independence. What a shame!

Kazikazi:
Yes EC is very beautiful. But neglected? No, I don't think so.May be you should elaborate.
What I know, most of motor industries have their manufacturing plants in Ec.Ford,GM motors,Vw,Daimler Chrysler, Audi all are in Ec.still there are big ports.And PE is the 5th largest city in SA.And Mandela was buried there.And you had 2 presidents from EC

XhosaNostra:


TZ it is then Honestly, it's one of those things I've always wanted to see.

forgiveness:

Na wa ooo. Parents build schools in Kenya.

forgiveness:


Na wa ooo. Parents build schools in Kenya.

tylann:

Yes parents build schools in Kenya
Hence our top notch school infrastructure

Kazikazi:
Yah you are right.Tanzania is unmatched.Its Unforgettable

XhosaNostra:


It is grossly neglected in terms of infrastructure & investment. There's really nothing to do in the Eastern Cape because there're no jobs etc. It's a very sad state of affairs considering that we pioneered & were at the forefront of the liberation movement. This is the thanks we get

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/amp/news/south-africa/2017-12-20-many-people-leaving-eastern-cape-in-search-of-better-living-conditions/&ved=2ahUKEwir3qb04YPhAhWZThUIHXa5DH8QFjABegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw0exsS04CNCm5rKKGGv0zSg&ampcf=1

TayserMahri:


Macron has no idea if NTSA show up with breathalyzer they getting arrested

NairobiWalker2:
River Mara in Maasai Mara Game Reserve







That's Jonraid and Xhosanostra

rvp20183:
Really depend - poor parents in poor regions - cannot afford to buy even ironsheets. I think CDF need to be converted to school infrastructure fund. The rest of what they do is nonsense after Counties took over health (dispenaries) and nursery schools.

forgiveness:


Club house.

tylann:

Yes it should be converted to schools infrastructure fund and bursaries for poor students
At the mps are just playing with the money

rvp20183:
KaziKazi - foolish president killing your economy.


The president has been foolish in economic matters too. The effect of his closure of the Citizen was the opposite of what he intended: the shilling’s true rate dipped further. After Mr Magufuli’s row with the paper, capital is reckoned to have fled to Kenya, which Mr Magufuli views as an adversary. Foreign-exchange controls are widely said to be imminent.

Two years ago Mr Magufuli appalled investors by demanding that the country’s biggest mining company, Acacia Mining, a subsidiary of Barrick Gold, based in Canada, should pay the absurd sum of $193bn in back taxes—about four times Tanzania’s gdp—for allegedly undervaluing its gold exports. Acacia’s gold exports have since dipped sharply. Several past and present Acacia officials were arrested last year. The World Bank says foreign investment since 2014 has more than halved. “A lot of us are jittery,” says a businessman in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital. “But it’s the unpredictability that really scares us.”

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jaycent:
Just kidding

If I come to Ethiopia, I'm only coming for your hands in marriage and take you away from KaziKazi and Jaceblaze

rvp20183:
We already spend way too much on education - for national gov to build infrastructure. We are spending about 5billion dollars because we pay our teachers VERY WELL - 3rd best after South Africa and Morocco. We also send capitation for every students, books and school equipment - including laptops & tablets.

Right now CDF (Const Fund) is mostly building the schools - but yes it's parent responsibility to build school infrastructure.

I think now national gov has started budget small money for improving school infrastructure - but it will be a while before kenya gov - county or national - takes that responsibility officially from parents.

XhosaNostra:


What is happening here? Strangest thing I've ever seen. Your military work the fields?

rvp20183:
You Airport link in Abuja carries 400 passengers every day - and it cost 850M dollars. Nairobi is soon getting one - the French just agreed to do it at THEIR OWN COST. We won't spend 850M dollars to carry 400 passengers to the airport.

Jonraid:
Don't forget the strong alumni of the schools that would rally together in rebuilding the schools.It's more than parents I think,the whole community at large chips in and contributes its share in many of the fundraising ceremonies!

That's how it should be,we shouldn't just be dependent on the government for everything!

rvp20183:
KaziKazi - foolish president killing your economy.


The president has been foolish in economic matters too. The effect of his closure of the Citizen was the opposite of what he intended: the shilling’s true rate dipped further. After Mr Magufuli’s row with the paper, capital is reckoned to have fled to Kenya, which Mr Magufuli views as an adversary. Foreign-exchange controls are widely said to be imminent.

Two years ago Mr Magufuli appalled investors by demanding that the country’s biggest mining company, Acacia Mining, a subsidiary of Barrick Gold, based in Canada, should pay the absurd sum of $193bn in back taxes—about four times Tanzania’s gdp—for allegedly undervaluing its gold exports. Acacia’s gold exports have since dipped sharply. Several past and present Acacia officials were arrested last year. The World Bank says foreign investment since 2014 has more than halved. “A lot of us are jittery,” says a businessman in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital. “But it’s the unpredictability that really scares us.”

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XhosaNostra:


It is grossly neglected in terms of infrastructure & investment. There's really nothing to do in the Eastern Cape because there're no jobs etc. It's a very sad state of affairs considering that we pioneered & were at the forefront of the liberation movement. This is the thanks we get

tylann:
.
Imagine making a company pay a fine 4 times the size of your GDP

Kazikazi:
Imagine having a mining company which don't pay tax or its cheating on declaring their products according to our laws

tylann:

Yes parents build schools in Kenya
Hence our top notch school infrastructure

Jonraid:
It was some fundraising event at the library!