I have met many West Africans, who after visiting Kenya, are amazed!! Why? coz we love to complain and therefore they expect that nothing works!! Only to find a public transport that works!! Elec that is guaranteed!! (if you think u have black outs, visit other countries..esp West Africa)
Its good to complain but when good news are announced, lets feel good!! and be proud to be Kenyans!! hapana ku-complain tuu wakati wote!!

Infact the report ranks Nairobi as safer than London and many European and North American cities. You only need to look at the British press and you will be shocked by the daily reports of stabbings. Statistics show that you are more likely to be murdered in London, New York, Paris etc than in Nairobi.

True. things are not so rosy out there. In lagos, while you are seated in traffic, petty thieves would point a gun at you to lower the window, clean you out after which they board an Okanda & disappear.... Now imagine what 'serious thugs' would do

@Evolve

If we are ever to overcome impunity, poor services and address root causes of our misery, we have to face the truth first and then devise ways of dealing with the problem. Denial of reality is the worst human experience we continue to endure grandly as if it is an African culture prowess or Kenya's cultural identity. Our leaders continue lying to us day and night.

I felt proud in the week when Citizen TV interviewed people on the street over the validity of Wikileaks cables. All the people said they know the cables were speaking the truth. However, our leaders were still shouting over their heads that what the cables contain are rumours and lies. You and me know the US Amb use serious intelligence agents to gather information, credible information, that become raw material for making credible decisions.

Hiding criminals in the streets of Nairobi is not hiding your dirty undergarments from plying eyes. It is condoning underworld activities. Am a member of Kareng,ata Ass. We built hardy police station (The only one with a beds and blankents in the cells). I still receive crime data on the ground. So, I know better what am saying here. Even Young was surprised that Nairobi had abruptly turned to being one of the safest cities.

The day it will be safe, I will be in the forefront of celebrating the same.

Is it un African to call a spade a spade?

Such incidents are compounded by the complacency of the police and the fact that there are no police posts and police patrols in most of the slums.

Police frequent the slums only when arresting illicit brewers in order to extort money from them. This has made slum residents lose confidence with law enforcement agents. "People have become demoralized and have resorted to using their own devices to ensure their own security," lamented Muturi, a Kibera resident. "We have community policing but it isn't effective.

The information volunteered to the police on criminal activities is leaked to criminals who later come to threaten residents for betraying them to the police. " This has made criminal gangs take advantage of the situation by claiming to provide security to the residents.

The gangs demand protection fees from the poor residents and those who refuse to pay risk being killed or having their houses burnt. In October this year, the government gazetted 33 criminal gangs and warned the public against dealing with them in any way (East African Standard, October 20, 2010).

Eighteen of these gangs operate in Nairobi slums and were responsible for the eviction of people from their houses at the height of the post-election violence. Today, their members continue to control many houses, dictating who occupies them. Members of the public living in such houses are forced to pay rent to the group. The disappointment, the helplessness in the hands of criminal gangs, makes slum residents feel excluded.

Maintaining the security of all individuals and their living environment is therefore paramount in creating a feeling of inclusion and an atmosphere of participation in society

http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?id=24650