ALFRED MUTUA: IMPROVEMENT OF NAIROBI IMAGE & SECURITY: LAUNCH OF NAIROBI FACELIFT PROGRAM

The environment we live in determines our response to life's many challenges and opportunity. From the time of the creation of Rome to today's mega cities in the Middle East and Asia, one factor has remained key to the growth of a city and its image. The way a city looks and feels has a direct psychological and social impact on its stability, economic drive, and growth of that city. Nairobi, our Nairobi, was once proudly known as the City in the Sun and a city like no other in the World. But alas, it stunted and today is struggling to regain its glory. However, today, like a bride and groom preparing for their great day, or a young person preparing for an interview, or a mzee dressing for an elder¡¦s meeting, Nairobi is getting a face lift ¡V the beginning of regaining her glory as a metropolis that moves with the right rhythm, energy and development that its children so much yearn for. Nairobi has to look successful for it to attract success and the good news is now it will! Nairobi will never be the same again. Background So at to bring together the various departments required to start work of reclaiming Nairobi¡¦s image and what it communicates of the Government and the People of Kenya, I have been chairing an Inter-Ministerial Committee on implementation of Nairobi¡¦s image building program. In the committee are the following Ministries and departments:- Nairobi Metropolitan Local Government Provincial Administration & Internal Security Roads Land's Survey Department City Council of Nairobi Nairobi Central District Business Association ...........................