See this one too?
you just run your diarrhea mouth with no Pictures? thinking you've said something sensible.
Next joke

Mkenya2019:
They have some way to get to Uganda - in malls.

vaxx:
TZ airport is not better than Dakar and Accra.

Both Dakar and Accra airports handles less than what JKIA handled in 2019.

Eastleigh I know is better than most of the Nigerian cities -

Stop cherry-picking streets of Nairobi and Mombasa

This is estleigh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VieewA3vo4&t=16s

samorobo:


That neighbourhood of Ibadan is pretty much like Eastleigh in Your capital..the only difference is that most part of this neighbourhood has inner streets roads why Eastleigh doesn't have any except that dirty main road running through the slum..

Fact is Kampala has more malls than Accra. Deal with it.

Acacia mall kampala


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

vankelvin:
See this one too?
you just run your diarrhea mouth with no Pictures? thinking you've said something sensible.
Next joke

Wuoche:
Ghana
Ghana`s paved roads 16000km, Kenya Paved roads 21,000km

this is true.

Wuoche:

Both Dakar and Accra airports handles less than what JKIA handled in 2019.

your jkia looks like a museum or shopping plaza in Ghana . Your country is used as stop over by many country just as Ethiopia. It doesn't mean you necessarily have a passenger. Those passenger enroute to India and some South Asia coast passes thru your museum looking airport . TZ still has a better looking airport

See another one here?
We are talking about Tournaments that are capable of draining the coffers of poor Countries such as Kenya.
You've listed a''one Stadium'' sports which even Seychelles and Sao tome can Host.
Poor Kenya, you think these tournaments you mentioned are Highly rated abi? with that your ugly Stadium

A Country which cannot Host AFCON and AAG too be a Country.? Poor East Africans

Shma:
It is true, the only problem is that you're ignorant my friend, just do research.

Athletics

Athletics at the 1987 All-Africa Games
2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
2010 African Championships in Athletics
2017 IAAF World U18 Championships
2020 World Athletics U20 Championships
A
Athletics at the Africa Military Games

Cricket category

1994 ICC Trophy
2003 Cricket World Cup
2007 Kenya Twenty20 Quadrangular
2016 Kenya Quadrangular One-Day and T20 Series
A
Associates Triangular Series in Kenya in 2006–07
I
2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy
L
LG Cup in Kenya in 1999–2000
P
President's Cup 1997–98
PSO Tri-Nation Tournament 2002
S
Sameer Cup 1996–97

Handball category

changes (learn more).

0–9
2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
2015 African Women's Junior Handball Championship
2015 African Women's Youth Handball Championship
2016 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
2016 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
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0–9
1979 CECAFA Cup
1983 CECAFA Cup
1989 CECAFA Cup
1994 CECAFA Cup
2009 CECAFA Cup
2013 CECAFA Cup
2017 CECAFA Cup
2018 SportPesa Super Cup

Hockey

2007 African Olympic Field Hockey Qualifier

Rugby


A
2016 Africa Cup Sevens
E
Elgon Cup
Elgon Cup (women's)
I
2009 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy
S
Safari Sevens
V
Victoria Cup (rugby union)
W
1995 Rugby World Cup – Africa

Volleyball

1995 Women's African Volleyball Championship
2003 Men's African Volleyball Championship
2003 Women's African Volleyball Championship
2007 Women's African Volleyball Championship
2011 Men's African Volleyball Championship
2011 Women's African Volleyball Championship
2013 Women's African Volleyball Championship
2015 Women's African Volleyball Championship
V
Volleyball at the 1987 All-Africa Games


And maaany more.

Shma:
this is true.

I gave him evidence that Ghana only 16,000km of paved roads of which 61% of the paved roads are in bad shape . Kenya on the other hand has 21,000km of paved roads.

vaxx:
your jkia looks like a museum or shopping plaza in Ghana . Your country is used as stop over by many country just as Ethiopia. It doesn't mean you necessarily have a passenger. Those passenger enroute to India and some South Asia coast passes thru your museum looking airport . TZ still has a better looking airport

JKIA handles more passengers than all west African airports combined.

Torture2020:
Ghana's future is already secured Ghana is one of the fastest growing economies china is not waiting to seize the country for debts owed women in Ghana are not boiling stones to "feed" their children and Ghana does not have the largest slum in Africa

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Torture2020:
how old are you? I always knew kenyans were stvpid. I didn't realise their stvpidity and foolishness are even more serious you just showed a photo of Nana Addo holding abook. is that what you foolish kenyans want me to see? i thought you had a bit of sense in that ugly, empty head

[s][/s]

This is what you have resorted to because you cant compete

Torture2020:
those who live in glass houses don't throw stones............. fuckeduppedness

[s][/s]

..

Wuoche:

I gave him evidence that Ghana only 16,000km of paved roads of which 61% of the paved roads are in bad shape . Kenya on the other hand has 21,000km of paved roads.

we established this long time bro
They can't compete kenya in any front.

More like Nigeria - the paved roads in most parts is completely broken down.

Wuoche:

I gave him evidence that Ghana only 16,000km of paved roads of which 61% of the paved roads are in bad shape . Kenya on the other hand has 21,000km of paved roads.

Wuoche:

JKIA handles more passengers than all west African airports combined.

i gave you the reason it happens that way . It is not because the passenger are flying in to your museum looking airport but using it as a stop over to their destination. Same thing apply to Ethiopia airport. I hardly doubt you are doing more better In Passenger than lagos

Stupidity is your talent bull.
Which of these games mentioned up there are Highly rated in terms of Cost and infrastructure as AFCON and AAG?
Or you think hosting a ''one Stadium tournament'' is the same as AAG and ACFON?
Perhaps that's all your poor country can Afford.

gallivant:


Yet a stupid hobbit will doubt how small and inconsequential they are in real life.

vankelvin:
See another one here?
We are talking about Tournaments that are capable of draining the coffers of poor Countries such as Kenya.
You've listed a''one Stadium'' sports which even Seychelles and Sao tome can Host.
Poor Kenya, you think these tournaments you mentioned are Highly rated abi? with that your ugly Stadium

A Country which cannot Host AFCON and AAG too be a Country.? Poor East Africans

am talking about expensive sports you're giving me AFCON?
Haven't even touched on motorgp but you have started sweating

We have indians and whites to finance us. They were so nice they built us a city like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3NIgWNh1Vs&t=666s

vankelvin:
See another one here?
We are talking about Tournaments that are capable of draining the coffers of poor Countries such as Kenya.
You've listed a''one Stadium'' sports which even Seychelles and Sao tome can Host.
Poor Kenya, you think these tournaments you mentioned are Highly rated abi? with that your ugly Stadium

A Country which cannot Host AFCON and AAG too be a Country.? Poor East Africans

JKIA long overtook Lagos. Nigeria as country last I checked were doing 15m annually versus 13m annually in Kenya. The same way Mombasa port has overtaken Lagos port complex of both Tin Can and Apapa.

vaxx:
i gave you the reason it happens that way . It is not because the passenger are flying in to your museum looking airport but using it as a stop over to their destination. Same thing apply to Ethiopia airport. I hardly doubt you are doing more better In Passenger than lagos

See this low self esteem ''thing''?
Can your poor Country host any tournament close to AFCON or AAG?
Even Common CHAN you couldn't host and how much more AFCON or AAG.
All what that poor country of yours can host is a ''one stadium'' Tournament..

Shma:
he's ignorant.
He has no clue about kenya, that's all

samorobo:


If this is it then it's very small and basic...I wonder why your nigga has been posting renders to give us this impression that you are under some serious mall boom when infact I am aware that mall construction has dropped drastically..

Mall construction is still ongoing. Let me take you to Kisumu where there are more malls than lagos. In Kisumu there is saturation of malls but investors are still building more.

Mushrooming of malls in Kisumu leads to saturation

lake basin mall
Lake Basin Mall in Kisumu in this photo taken June 25, 2019. PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NATION MEDIA GROUP

Summary
Following the completion of the Sh4.2 billion Lake Basin Mall, other shopping centres that have entered the scene include Mega City and West End, as well as Tuff Foam Mall, still under construction.

According to the 2018 Kenya Retail Sector Report, Kisumu is oversupplied by 200,000 square feet, yet additional mall spaces are coming up, a factor that is turning out to be an advantage for those looking to rent space.



By VICTOR RABALLA
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Shopping malls. They are everywhere you look, mushrooming in all major towns in the country. Kisumu County has not been left behind, but the unrelenting construction of these properties is gradually turning into a poisoned chalice for investors, who have sank millions in capital into the venture, to capitalise on the alleged expansion of the middle class.

CONTAINERS

So intense is the mall bubble that supply is threatening to reach saturation, which is made worse by fabricated containers that are edging out established malls as traders seek cheaper spaces for stalls, shops, offices and storage depots.

Less than a decade ago, Mega Plaza, United Mall and Swan Centre were the major commercial properties that served the lakeside city.

Not anymore. Kisumu has experienced a proliferation of malls, which have more than doubled following the entrance of new players and expansion of some as they join the list of competitors, leading to shrinking demand for commercial properties.

Following the completion of the Sh4.2 billion Lake Basin Mall, other shopping centres that have entered the scene include Mega City and West End, as well as Tuff Foam Mall, still under construction.


According to the 2018 Kenya Retail Sector Report, Kisumu is oversupplied by 200,000 square feet, yet additional mall spaces are coming up, a factor that is turning out to be an advantage for those looking to rent space. While Mega Plaza Mall completed its expansion programme over two years ago, Tuff Foam Mall is being extended by five stories. There is also Unique Mall, which is under construction right in the centre of the business district.

Unfortunately, the supply of space seems to have exceeded demand, leading to low occupancy levels, with some malls reporting as low as 40 per cent occupancy.

TOUGH TIMES

Mr Johnson Denge, a manager at Cytonn Real Estate, observes that Kisumu is facing low disposable income, which means that landlords could be in for tough times if the relentless construction of shopping complexes is anything to go by.

“Kisumu is experiencing a supply glut, and the pressure is now piling on property owners to lower the lease fees and rental prices,” says Mr Denge. “To keep afloat, a number of landlords have resorted to offering incentives to entice new tenants.”

The monthly average rent for space in most shopping malls in Kisumu is between Sh80 and Sh150 per square foot.

Lake Basin Mall, which charges one of the lowest rental prices at Sh80 per square foot, does not, however, include service charges and value-added tax, says George Asigoh, a manager with Charcon Properties, which manages the multibillion-shilling property.

The mall, owned by the Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA), is conveniently located near the Mamboleo Junction on the Kisumu-Kakamega highway.

DN body text: Though the 62,000-square-metre shopping complex was completed in 2017, it has not been launched, because the owner is yet to get a reliable anchor tenant.



The mall, which has already attained 40 per cent occupancy, hosts a three-star hotel, showrooms, a tyre centre and a recreational park. Tuskys supermarket was initially to occupy the most strategic location in the mall but later withdrew from the deal after securing space at Mega Plaza following the closure of Nakumatt.

MAIN TENANT

LBDA chairman Cavince Owidi has, however, indicated that the main tenant will be picked from among French retail chain Carrefour, South Africa’s Shoprite and Choppies from Botswana, which have all expressed interest in taking up the space. Meanwhile, Mega Plaza, located on the busy Oginga Odinga Street, and which was redeveloped and is now the tallest building in the city, is also struggling to get tenants for the additional space. After signing an agreement with Mega City, the planned entry of South African retailer Game Stores promises to overturn the mall’s downward trend following the dwindling fortunes of the troubled Nakumatt, which closed shop.

Footfall in shopping malls over the review period rose mainly owing to the revival of anchor tenants in the retail centres replacing Nakumatt.

The mall, which stands next to the infamous Kachok dumpsite, could also reap big from the relocation initiated by Kisumu County. Western Kenya’s biggest landfill, which is being transferred at the cost of Sh200 million, is being transformed into an eco-park of indigenous trees and a children’s playground.

Worth noting is that the adjacent Vic Hotel has uplifted the status of Mega City Mall, located on the Kisumu-Nairobi highway.

While boosting the number of retail chains that have recently set up shop in Kisumu, the opening of Chandarana Food Plus Supermarket at West End Mall on Jomo Kenyatta Highway has given a new lease of life to the property, which was deserted following the closing of Uchumi supermarket.

COMPETITION

The mall, which hosts Acacia Hotel, has become popular with county government employees as well as civil servants in the government offices situated in the vicinity.

Though still under construction, the adjacent Tuffoam Mall has taken a big leap by attracting tenants such as Safaricom, Aon Minet insurance, Nation Media Group, Bata, Masinde Muliro University and Standard Chartered Bank.

Mr Eric Ounga, the proprietor of Ounga Commercial Agencies, a property development company based in Kisumu, is optimistic in the face of the present reality, saying that the future of malls looks promising.

“The focus should not be on the present but rather, the future. While a majority of people are looking at the current value of malls, the fact that a significant percentage of the space is vacant does not mean that the properties are running at a loss,” he says, pointing out that as the population and the economy continue to grow, the outlook will improve in another year or two. He adds that the entry of international retailers in the region could tilt the fortunes for investors.

He further notes that most landowners are developing their property in speculation, and their value is bound to significantly shoot up in the next three to five years without even considering the rental income.

“When United Mall was coming up, many were pessimistic and thought it was not a viable venture,” he says. “Now it has grown to become the busiest outlet as we speak. Today, it has one of the highest footfalls,” he said.

The property developer further expressed optimism that Lake Basin Mall, the biggest shopping centre in the western region, will take its space and provide a worthy competition for the players in the sector.

PRODUCTION

Kisumu County Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o, in an interview with the Nation, said that there is great hope for investors who are interested in investing in the lakeside city, coming at a time when there is a good working relationship between opposition leader Raila Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta.

While noting that Kisumu is dominated by the service industry, Prof Nyong’o said his administration is focused on corresponding the growth of the production industry to support the critical sector.

“The availability of services like banking and malls can best be supported with a vibrant manufacturing industry, which is the crucial engine for sustaining economic growth and development, job creation and poverty alleviation,” he said.

As one way of supporting tourism and investment in the western Kenya circuit, he pointed out that the county, in partnership with the national government, has embarked on an initiative to regenerate the lakefront in a bid to come up with an attractive view of the lake.

The redevelopment of the lakefront, to cut across the yacht club, Kisumu port and the golf club, is envisaged to have buildings near Lake Victoria reconstructed to face the waterfront.

To kick-start the process, tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala said the government had set aside Sh300 million for the mega project, which is expected to greatly benefit businesses next to Africa’s largest freshwater lake. Governor Nyong’o noted that the putting up of an industrial park at Ombeyi in Muhoroni, the revival plans for the Kisumu port and the scheduled extension of the standard gauge railway will pave the way for new investors to set up shops in the lakeside city. “With these kinds of infrastructure, the … mall owners can rest assured as residents will have steady income that will enable them to shop in the malls,” he said.

OCCUPANCY

A report by Cytonn Real Estate released last year showed that the key cities — Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru — have a total mall space supply of 15.3 million square feet, against a demand of 14.1 million square feet, resulting in an oversupply of 1.2 million square feet.

Nairobi, Eldoret, Kisumu and Nakuru are oversupplied by 2 million, 0.3 million, 0.2 million and 0.1 million square feet, respectively. Kiambu, Mombasa, Kajiado, Mt Kenya and Machakos are undersupplied by 0.6 million, 0.3 million, 0.2 million, 0.2 million and 0.1 million square feet, respectively.

According to the report, Kenya’s retail sector performance improved in 2018, recording average rental yields of 8.6 per cent, 0.3 per cent points higher than the 8.3 per cent recorded in 2017, and average occupancy rates of 86 per cent, 5.8 per cent points higher than the 80.2 per cent recorded in 2017.

It further established that Mombasa and Mt Kenya are the new best regions for retail real estate development because of high demand for retail space of 0.3 million and 0.2 million square feet and anticipated attractive yields of 8.3 per cent and 9.9 per cent, with occupancy rates at 96.3 per cent and 84.5 per cent, respectively.

Kenya hosted 87 All Africa Games.

And we just don't host - we win medals

1987 AAG - even in football we reached the finals
1 Egypt 31 22 20 73
2 Tunisia 28 26 22 76
3 Nigeria 23 16 21 60
4 Kenya* 22 25 16 63

vankelvin:
See this low self esteem ''thing''?
Can your poor Country host any tournament close to AFCON or AAG?
Even Common CHAN you couldn't host and how much more AFCON or AAG.
All what that poor country of yours can host is a ''one stadium'' Tournament..

vaxx:
i gave you the reason it happens that way . It is not because the passenger are flying in to your museum looking airport but using it as a stop over to their destination. Same thing apply to Ethiopia airport. I hardly doubt you are doing more better In Passenger than lagos

How many domestic passengers did you recorded last year?

vankelvin:
See this low self esteem ''thing''?
Can your poor Country host any tournament close to AFCON or AAG?
Even Common CHAN you couldn't host and how much more AFCON or AAG.
All what that poor country of yours can host is a ''one stadium'' Tournament..

stop it dude.
Even stadium that Kenya is doing bad we beat you on it.
Look at the kind of stadium you're hyping about.

you can tell me what is 33% of 109,515km

Ghana total road network was 78,000km in 1980.
Update yourself.

Ghana is acknowledged internationally as having one of the best road networks in West Africa, with 109,515 km of roads, of which 13,787 km are major roads.

The Ghana Highway Authority has the mandate of constructing and maintenance of roads in the country and has done so by connecting national roads to all the major cities and towns of the country.

The road network is of primary and critical importance to the economy, with more than 95 per cent of people and 98 per cent of goods being transported by road.

Roads make a crucial contribution to the country’s economic development and growth and bring important social benefits.

Additionally, they are of vital importance in order to make a nation grow and develop. Its contribution to providing access to employment, social, health and education services makes a road network crucial in fighting poverty.

Indeed, roads open up more areas and stimulate economic and social development. For these reasons, road infrastructure is the most important of all public assets.

Therefore, maintaining road infrastructure is essential to preserve and enhance those benefits. However, it appears that most roads across that country lack maintenance which has resulted in irreversible deterioration of part of the road network in the country.

Insufficient maintenance and unmotorable roads are known to cause hardships, result in soaring cost of living and a major financial impact on the economy and citizens.

With this in mind, it is important for decision-makers to recognise that roads play a very vital role in the economic life of citizens, especially those in remote areas who experience difficulties transporting their goods, travelling from one point to another within the country or even catching up on new developments.

Improving the general road network in the rural areas is a measure to alleviate poverty. Beyond alleviation of poverty, the importance of rural roads extends to all aspects of development of rural communities including demand for and access to health, education, among others.

However, most rural roads in the country experience numerous challenges in their maintenance which is why we share in the concerns raised by citizens over poor roads in some parts of the country.

The latest to do that is the Paramount Chief of the Tongo Traditional Area, Tongraan Kugbilsong who appealed to the government to adopt accelerated approach to work on poor road networks in the Upper East Region.

This is not the first time that this concern is being raised. Many community leaders and individuals have raised issues about roads and we believe it is time they are tackled as a matter of national priority.

Maintenance and development of road networks offer economic benefits over the long term and that is why, we must take advantage of it and make life comfortable particularly, for those living in rural communities.

Wuoche:

What is 23% of 72,000km?
[/b]THE ANSWER IS16,000KM[b] 61% of that 16,000km is in bad shape



General News of Friday, 25 January 2019Source: Peace FMIt's a shame only 23% of our entire road network is paved - Roads Minister« PrevNext »Show VideoComments (19)Listen to Article


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Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Atta has said that the entire roads of the country including urban, feeder and highways comprising 72,381km of roads has only 23 percent paved and 77 percent unpaved.

The roads Minister explained the paved roads as roads which have been tarred with bitumen; thus, this means that from independence of the country till date, Ghana can only boast of 23 percent of roads being tarred with bitumen, while 77 percent of the roads are yet to see bitumen.

Speaking to Peacefmonline.com at the 'Meet-The-Press' series under the patronage of the Ministry of Information on Tuesday, Hon. Amoako-Atta said “it is very dangerous; we have a lot of work to do in Ghana. All of us as Ghanaians must bow down our heads in shame that a country like Ghana which is 62 years has 77 percent of roads unpaved”.

According to him, complains of Ghanaians regarding bad roads are in the right direction and understandable; thus complains show the seriousness of Ghanaians to see changes in the country.

“Those of us who have had the opportunity to rule this country from independence to date, this is not what we should give to Ghanaians. Due to this huge deficit, we have a lot of responsibilities and that is why the current government of NPP under President Akufo-Addo is seriously tackling all road issues in the country,” he stated.



He bemoaned that the Akufo-Addo government inherited huge debt in billions and bad roads as even 61[b] percent of the paved roads are still in bad shape.
[/b]
“What we inherited is huge; the debt accrued is huge and there are a lot of bad roads. Even out of the paved roads, 61 percent are in bad shape and the debt we inherited are in billions. This is not a minute issue we are dealing with,” he bemoaned.

Hon. Kwasi Amoako-Atta however pleaded with Ghanaians to exercise patience inasmuch as their request for good roads is legitimate as the Akufo-Addo’s administration is boldly tackling road issues in the country.

Send your news stories to newswires@ghanaweb.com and via WhatsApp on +233 55 2699 625.

For Kenya here is the table of paved roads in 2019

''Paris'' has quality
Hospitals,
School infrastructure
Sports facilities
Entertainment facilities
High employment level
quality living standard ETC

They don't have the largest Slums in Europe,
They don't cook stones to eat,
they don't ''rent their wives'' out to foreigners,
they don't live a pathetic lifestyle like Kenya...lol

gallivant:


Okay then, let's compare Nairobi with Florence and Paris.

Justnotyou:


You just dont know when to quit. Try as you have, your words will never be a substitute to actual facts.

you can quote me when you find any index where Kenya will be able to overtake Ghana in Infrastructure.


Next rant pls.


You guys just dont stop making noise

And both airports are better than yours

Wuoche:

Both Dakar and Accra airports handles less than what JKIA handled in 2019.

National airline ko, national airline ni?
Is that what you pride yourself with?chaiii.
How does a ''National airline'' benefit the common east African child?

gallivant:


Or East Africa for that matter.

National airlines.
East Africa: KQ, Ethiopian, Rwandair, Air Tanzania, Uganda Airways.

ECOWAS: Zero airlines.

Mkenya2019:
Fact is Kampala has more malls than Accra. Deal with it.

Acacia mall kampala


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

Fact is

Tanzania is even more developed than Kenya.
Probably Somalia is too

rant on



it will still be behind all West African airports

Wuoche:

JKIA handles more passengers than all west African airports combined.

So the entire West Africa cannot run a single national airline. Just show how backward the region really is.

vankelvin:
National airline ko, national airline ni?
Is that what you pride yourself with?chaiii.
How does a ''National airline'' benefit the common east African child?

Fact is a fact doesn't become a fact just because we want it.

Just30:
Fact is

Tanzania is even more developed than Kenya.
Probably Somalia is too