Slum houses one of ‘most lucrative’ ventures in city

We don’t really need majimbo to solve the problems besetting us. Majimboism in and of itself cannot, for instance, eradicate corruption and nepotism. The best it can accomplish in this respect is to shift the base of operation from national to regional level. What we need is a shift in mindset pertaining to how see ourselves as a people. As long as we keep buying into the hopeless rubbish that pits us against each other, our minds and lives will remain locked in a stinking hell and not even majimbo would come to the rescue.

nani_ngombe, if people wanted majimbo, they would have spent their time and energy in their rural areas.They would also be earning from wherever they work and invested in their rural areas. You are clapping for nothing. If the 2m people in Kibera(majority) went back to the lake side city, Raila would not be PM today. You are too emotional. Majimbo is not going to help us. We got to wake up, do something and refuse to live like animals. Majimbo is not happening. Learn to live with that fact. It can only happen in your household.

Folks who leave their shagz for the city are lured by the promise of opportunity and places like Kibera become their easier choice to settle given their broken pockets. If govt. focused on revamping infra-structure in rural areas, people would be able to engage in lucrative ventures there, and the massive rural-urban migration would be halted. But you have to wonder when the authorities will realize that the issue of sprawling slums is not just a public health issue but a moral issue as well. You’re right, SJ502; to them, these are fertile pools of votes.

I think Wanjiku98 has a viable point. Most young people, after completing form 4, have high expectations from the cities. They imagine that if they work hard, they could sustain themselves and even help their families back in the villages. However, they encounter the "real life". After 6 years in the slums, it is very hard to get them to back to the villages. Some of them go back in coffins. But, we can't really blame them. They don't have opportunities in the villages and they are just trying to make ends meet.

The problem with the slums is that they are owned by the gov't officers; the ministers, the MPS the president etc. how can they think of a better sollution to this problem when they are actually the benficiaries? Kenya needs a complete overhaul of the old school of thought. If people still elect Biwot for a leader, how do think we can progress.