EVOLUTION OF NAIROBI CITY - Episode 1: How Matatus came about and how Kenya Bus died.
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- The first part of our series, Evolution of Nairobi. Documentaries on the growth, development, challenges and the future of Kenya's capital city: Transportation; Housing; slums and poverty and governance. DON'T MISS
Good work. The way you bring your story is just amazing. This kind of content shows someone who values their work and it is very educative.
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Nairobi desperately needs a metro train service that covers all Nairobi surbabs and even incentivise businesses to establish in those surbabs rather than having everyone commuting to cbd
Most of the people who end up in the CBD are usually on transit... They work elsewhere... So a good system is that which goes through the CBD without ending up there.
The President introduced the DMU trains that would largely help.....its there you know....only 50/= and you are good to go
Thank you for this positive narrative,i've subbed.
Been in Nairobi for several decades and saw all this happen.
Wow never thought Kenya has so many sky scrappers 👏🏼 I just wish they could also maintain the inner city roads with proper sidewalks, drainage systems, and clear road makings. 🇿🇦 ❤
It's ongoing 🇰🇪.
We are trying to maintain it now
This really is a nice documentary on the history of Nairobi’s glory days. Keep up the good work!
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one of the best Kenyan CZcams channels
Thank you so much Okal. I can only repay your faith by producing captivating documentaries. Thank you once again sir
Great video. Love from Brazil.
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Thank you. I can’t wait for Episode 2.
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Watching from south Africa and loving every minute of the video, you are just great mkubwa, keep going sir, now we are addicted to your stories 👏👍
Ahsante sana sir. I really appreciate. It means the whole world for me to hear that. Be blessed.
Mr Mukabana is such a great wealth of experience in public transportation matters. His input would be invaluable in the city's transportation rehabilitation
I agree totally. He worked in the UK on public transportation. So he knows his stuff too well .
Subway will be the way to go.
On-ground trams and cable cars are much more practical. With subways, the cost of excavating all those underground tunnels alone will be enough to pay for many kilometres worth of on-ground rail.
Subways work in the West because many Western countries have a very long history of underground tunneling and transportation, constructed right before or during the industrial revolution (think the underground rail roads in America and the war-time underground tunnels in Europe). So their sewer, water and underground electric lines were integrated with the underground tunnels, not to mention that a lot of that engineering and labour was paid for by the end products of slavery and the colonial looting of Africa, so adjusted for today's exchange rates, they didn't even go into as much debt as we as Kenya would, should we decide to do subways.
Subways could work for upcoming major towns and cities like Kisumu, Nakuru, etc. There's still enough leeway to build underground tunnels without causing too much of a disruption to services (water, fibre cables). But Nairobi?..let's focus on on-ground solutions like BRT, rail, biking lanes and footpaths.
Great video, love it. Looking forward to the rest.
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@@KenyanHistorian Karibu. Good to have you back
Good work .....nyayo philosophy of peace love and unity ❤ ♥ was no brainer as somebody would say there was poor planning ......
Goodwork sikolia
Great work Enock!!!
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First one
Thank you so much sir. I really appreciate your support
Matatu industry is a devil left to us Kenyans by Jomo Kenyatta, Now it's time to exorcise this devil
Let's hope brt does something to bring change to the mass transportation industry
BRT, cycling and pedestrian lanes, metro and light rail systems, cleaning up the city, affordable housing projects would make Nairobi an uncomparable city on the African continent.
They're doing a project like that in ngong road 😳 you can check out CZcams videos and check it out for your self
Good content bro
My bus was Number 48 it would take you through Kileleshwa all the way to valley arcade and and turn around and come back. Or you could take another bus going to lavington or kawangware. Damn to think about it we were so well connected and efficient. The bus used to go through the bus stops at every hour without fail. You could predict the time and it will be there. I wonder how they did that without any tech we have today. Who ever run KBS those days need to be brought back if they are still around. Did they have a command center just thinking how effecient they were with no technology was amazing.
They had a central command so it was easy to manage and control.
The inspectors were all over.
@@georgebenson7778 correct. Whatever happened to government inspectors brought down most govt institutions...
No. 48 was my bus to Huruma as well.The population has grown.
so nostalgic...
You can say that again.
This Chanel is doing something interesting. I am intrigued.
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I like your vids mate,I wonder if they have a plan of introducing the subway for the future,this helps alot really, electric trains plying around Nairobi may also be needed,this city needs modernization
In my view once mighty and efficient buses like KBS , Akamba,, Malindi bus ..collapsed due to poor management and lack of foresight or adaptation to current trends at the time ,, also looting played a big part..not competition from matatus ,KBS had monopoly but failed to invest in skilled planners. Same as nakumat tuskies uchumi etc
The population of Nairobi has multiplied × 10 in recent years.Look at new densely populated estates.
The late Thuo killed KBS
Quite nostalgic my bus was ...46 kawangware Valley arcade city huruma and 56 ..kawangware..Valley arcade kanugaga city
Wewe naona ulitumia megarider ya KBS
Does the Connections bus services still exist?There was another called Horse power,I reflect on those days with nostalgia
Waiting for the next episode
Kabisa. Hiyo ni Moto kabisa
Man where do you get the archive footages would love to see how kenya looked back in the day
Wonderful content 👍 bring ud about 88 Nairobi residential building in uperhill
Will try to see if they can give me access.
I really appreciate your sir ooh
Also water infrastructure in Nairobi needs to be upgraded that is Nairobi needs at least 12billion liters of water to sustain such a population
I doubt you realize the water problem is mainly created by cartels who interfere with pipes.
Nairobi is characterized by 3 Cs ie Congestion, Chaotic & Crowded.
Meaning Total Confusion. Something should be done ASAP.
I have nothing much to add. I agree with you 💯
Brt alone will not work. It needs a number of transportation modes mainly efficient railway way system. Make rail attractive cheap, comfortable and on time. Whereby people living in the outskirts of Nairobi can leave their cars at the station and take the rail to the city.
It is not BRT only happening though. There is the Nairobi Commuter Rail which offers park and ride. Road expansion plans going on with construction all over Nairobi, the bypasses etc. At least something is being done. It is not like nothing is going on. One step at a time!
@@esem135 Wait for part 2: it has what is being done, what is not being done and what should be done instead...
@@KenyanHistorian Awesome 👍🏽
I wish you do for mombasa as well
I am planning something for Mombasa.
If l were Gen Badi l would use the army to run the new brt. With time l would slowly and painlessly destine matatus and their cartels into the dustbin of sahau
This reminds me of chaotic Kampala!😣
actually its true because the same Kenya Bus Service could transport one from eastlands to Westlands in one vehicle.
I remember KBS No33 from Thika rd, outering to JKIA every 30mins. I stll wonder what went wrong
Lack of political goodwill. Public transport in the hands of the private must be regulated.
It was route No. 34 not 33
@@jamesmaina7004 Thankyou for the correction, its been long
What happened to all those buses. Are they kept in a yard. They can refurbish them and make them into electric. The biggest cost of running public transport is fuel and the second is parts. With electric you save on fuel and for parts its only the shocks, tires that need changing and a few other parts.
You are telling this to who?? The buses don't exist! They were cannibalised and sold as scrap! Poor Third World Economics 🥲! Sooo sad indeed 😭😭.
BRT, trains and trams are our only hope. Just look at Hong kong
I agree totally.
Look to Hong Kong and learn what?? Where are Nyayo buses??? We have our own histories of eating raw chuma. We lack brains on mass transit...for Hong Kong it was sweat and patriotic commitment to excel which we lack here.
@@jamesmaina7004 Buses are old school. We need to catch up with the rest of the world
@@jamesmaina7004 So you are suggesting that just because we made mistakes in the past, we should never look up to countries that have it sorted.
@@careen5859 nope...we change our attitude and success shall sure follow just as night precedes day!
Metro services (commuter train) would be a solution to this, a commuter point of perspective
Let's see what brt will have for us at the end of this year
U will no solution
No country in the world functions without a government owned transportation company
I miss the old days
I guess you really enjoyed days when the city resembled some level of planning.
@@KenyanHistorian I tell you it was amazing I remember getting scared of climbing the old Kenya buses coz of the sounds they'd make and they were really big too
This documentary teaches me we Africans fails to manage ourselves, we need second revolution, our leaders as well as some of us are so much greedy, they don't want to see fellow brother enjoy even simple and basic things in life, now Babylon system is not from Europe it is within us.....the killer ghosts are among us.....a good example is Kenya itself everywhere you go there are these people called CARTELS.....who run underworld while blessed by government officials, for them the tears and blood of suffering Kenyans is their wine....sad enough they drink and eat from poor fellows, from SLUMS to MATATU's
Matatu system is unsustainable.
People started buying cars as matatu reliability became shaky.......how????that makes no sense at all .......there are plenty of matatus and you can get them anywhere and whenever you need them.....matatus brought congestion maybe....how will buying your own car change about congestion......if matatus were few then you could say there reliability was shaky and hence individuals bought their own cars not the other way round
Honesty Nairobi transport network is the biggest fail ever. I don't see Kenya achieving the so called vision 2030 with the non scheduled, non structured transportation system Like the Matatus being overly relied on in the capital. A lot of people that don't have the best interest of the city at heart will disagree, but Matatus must be kicked out of Nairobi, to pave way for a modern, more organized transportation system.
Brt is our only hope and hope it gets privatized
Careful there buddy, remember matatus are privatized.
@@MrMaboboz ooh we learn something new everyday ☺️
@@Vibewith254 The next episode will have answers on what is being done and how promising or not the strategies are.
@@KenyanHistorian will be tuned for that brother, top notch content 💯🇰🇪😉
@@Vibewith254 Thanks bro. I appreciate your support sir.