TBT 20rd Jan 20202

Kasaman

Kasaman

Elder Lister
Meria said:
NAIROBI 1899 VS 2021
The name comes from the Maasai phrase "Enkare Nyairopi," which translates to "cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a population of 9,354,580. The city is popularly referred to as the Green City in the Sun.
In 1898, Arthur Church was commissioned to design the first town layout for the railway depot. It constituted two streets – Victoria Street and Station Street, ten avenues, staff quarters and an Indian commercial area. The railway arrived at Nairobi on 30 May 1899, and soon Nairobi replaced Machakos as the headquarters of the provincial administration for Ukamba province. On the arrival of the railway, Whitehouse remarked that "Nairobi itself will in the course of the next two years become a large and flourishing place and already there are many applications for sites for hotels, shops and houses.The town's early years were however beset with problems of malaria leading to at least one attempt to have the town moved. In the early 1900s, Bazaar Street (now Biashara Street) was completely rebuilt after an outbreak of plague and the burning of the original town.
Between 1902 and 1910, the town's population rose from 5,000 to 16,000 and grew around administration and tourism, initially in the form of big game hunting. In 1907, Nairobi replaced Mombasa as the capital of the East Africa Protectorate. In 1908, a further outbreak of the plague led to Europeans concluding that the cause was unhygienic conditions in the Indian Bazaar. The government responded by restricting lower class Indians and African natives to specific quarters for residence and trade setting a precedent for racial segregation in the commercial sphere.By the outset of the First World War, Nairobi was well established as a European settler colony through immigration and land alienation. In 1919, Nairobi was declared to be a municipality
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NB the last photo is globe roundabout overpass not expressway !
This overpass was designed to start at desai road or KIE current KICD to create the traffic flow from limuru road and Eastleigh. Lakini wapi the wakora in Kenya eate all the funds, creating today traffic jam in muranga road all the way to CBD

But there's hope ,Nairobi metropolitan services will repossess Kahama hotel and bring it down. Creating a bus tamina, a new road to connecting globe roundabout and Equity ngara there by ending the damn traffic jam .
My proposal
On top of globe roundabout we should have a clear traffic flow to university way , kamanda and his containers
waende as they bring down Kahama hotel, this will creat smooth traffic flow from muranga road to upperhill.
 
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Kasaman

Kasaman

Elder Lister
Meria said:
Limuru’s Buxton Train Tunnel is the second Longest in Kenya
Limuru is a place of many intriguing historical gems. From being at the centre of Kenya’s rich tea history to its place in the Happy Valley saga when colonial slay queens and kings reigned supreme, Limuru is a definite bucket-list destination.
Back in days now gone by, Limuru’s infamous donkey dung infested streets earned it the title of Kenya’s donkey capital. Actually, its name is a corrupted version of the Maasai word, *"ilmur," which means donkey dung!
In case you are wondering, Limuru still is the unchallenged home of the Bata Shoe Company, the pre-world war shoe behemoth which traces its humble origins to the small town of Zlín in southeastern Moravia, which today is part of the Czech Republic.
You might also be interested to know that somewhere in this farming countryside lies a coffee farm that once belonged to Harry Adamson, George Adamson‘s father.
Yes, the one and only George Adamson of the Born Free fame who came to bear the banner of Bwana Simba, father of lions. Harry was initially destined for South Africa from India, but he never left when he arrived in Kenya!
This former white highland destination also has bragging rights to the title of one of the coldest places in Kenya. But you already knew that! You may not know that in Limuru exists the longest train tunnel in Kenya, the Buxton Tunnel.
This infamous tunnel, finished in the 1940s, is part of the legendary Lunatic Express, itself completed in 1901. The reason being, the metre-gauge Lunatic Express has had several shifts since its completion over a century ago. One of these shifts happens to be the Buxton Tunnel.
At one point, its notoriety as a crime scene, including murders, made the 1.7 KM Buxton Tunnel lose its fascination as a colonial marvel. The tunnel instead became a place of horror where everyone except the trains that plied this route avoided.
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They should put solar lights in this tunnel !
 
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