The Straight Streets: An insight into periurban road networks in Kenya Lessons are drawn from my childhood neighbourhood: Star. In 2003, due to emptiness of streets and sparse development in this side of the town, cases of kidnapping and child molestation were rampant as most illegal dealings such as bhang trading were finalized in this […]
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Choices: To rent or to own? Lessons on home ownership in a small town The choice of living in my neighbourhood has its perks and also its disadvantages. The location advantage is its proximity to the central business district even though it is on the peripheral of the town map (if there is any), the
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The Game: The Role of Politics in Good Planning Think of finance, management, utilities and infrastructure, labour and one thing word that pops up is government. While people are supreme and sovereign, the state is run by political leaders and their goodwill towards development of the country. Think of the bills passed into law that
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Thoughts into Planning: Mental Health in Provision of Spaces There is always something to be grateful about- health. While each county in Kenya hosts at least Level 5 hospital and numerous dispensaries and health centers, my town has a public mental health facility, located right in my neighborhood. One might ask why it is necessary
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Plan-etal: The need for urban planning consultancy Planning entails so many things, but the short of it is transforming spaces into places by giving them identity. For that which is, planning is the bedrock, think about roads, water and sewerage piping systems, land uses for residential, commercial, agriculture, recreation and the so many ‘places’ that
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Tales of Names: Identities The most popular question is in the name of a neighborhood, ours, though small has an answer to this question. Our neighborhood has popularly been known as ‘Site Kaburi’ but its official name as the government records it is ‘Site and Service Estate B’. If you would ask most residents of
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Surfaces and Deeps: An Excerpt About Agriculture This segment highlights the food basket of largely this town: agriculture. In the blog ‘plot and twists’, our neighborhood is mostly occupied by homeowners, kitchen gardening is common with most households growing their own vegetables (collard greens), there is a central market located at the fringe of our
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Plots and Twists: Housing Typologies As the new year dawned, it called on a reflection of how far our neighborhoods, cities and regions have come and celebrate every milestone in service provision. In this segment we will highlight the manifestation of housing typologies in my neighborhood. Overall, half of the residents are home owners while
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Finding Anthems: Stadiums Our final issue of the year will highlight stadiums………. The biggest social space where masses of people can meet and picnic, since in my neighbourhood/town there is no public park. The festive season as the name suggests is filled with gatherings, right from the basic unit of the society, which is family
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In this segment, we’ll highlight the social issues such as crime, unemployment, school drop out rate, gender roles as manifested in the neighborhood and town level in my residence. The centerpiece of a town or neighborhood is its social fabric Crime rate is generally low, averagely at about 3%, as the town is famously known
