Sustainable architecture, urbanism + inst. dev. expert. CEO, Eco-Build Africa/Ad.Prof. Canberra/Dir. IBQC + AAK Fellow. Former: Dean(TUK)/Prof. UoN+Wits(RSA).
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Prof. Alfred Omenya and Dr. Muita Ndung'u exposed the hidden policy shifts and what it really takes to win. 2027 isn't business as usual.
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Alfred Omenya: Legacy politicians are more interested in protecting their wealth and prestige than solving problems. They are often disconnected from the realities of ordinary people.
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Alfred Omenya: I think what Rigathi Gachagua is telling the opposition is true and they actually need to hear it. He is playing the bad cop and that is a role the opposition needs.
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Alfred Omenya: Our politics is built on a weak foundation of institutionalism.
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Prof. Alfred Omenya: People building houses here in Kenya are people who have no training, certificates, or any qualifications.
Go to those construction sites and ask them to produce their credentials; they don’t have any
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Prof. Alfred Omenya: There are experienced builders who still don’t understand how concrete works.
That is the biggest failure in the construction industry here in Kenya.
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Prof. Alfred Omenya: The problem with us Kenyans is the culture of “ujuaji.” We think we know everything.
We take everything lightly without involving experts.
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Prof. Alfred Omenya: If Sifuna is indeed the opposition candidate, then it makes sense for Ruto to have a running mate from Western Kenya.
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Prof. Alfred Omenya: Why opposition leaders going to Wamunyoro (Gachagua's home) instead of Gachagua going to them
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Prof. Alfred Omenya: Buildings do not collapse because of the absence of experts.
Buildings collapse because of a lack of common sense and our refusal to address the issues
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Urban development expert Alfred Omenya blames cases of building collapses on poor enforcement of construction regulations, disregard for professional advice and failure to address basic safety standards.
He warns that despite the existence of clear guidelines and qualified experts, non-compliance continues to expose lives to danger
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Prof Alfred Omenya, Urban Development Expert: There were hardly any building collapses in this country before 2010. One of the things that is clearly missing is the technical aspect of the buildings from a compliance point of view. You find a situation where officers come in, but they never check whether what is being built, from a technical point of view, especially structurally, is in line with what has been approved #CitizenMondayReport
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Prof Alfred Omenya: The question we should be asking ourselves is: where are the regulators when illegal activities of that scale are happening in broad daylight? I spent quite some time last year in Huruma, and almost 100% of the construction that was going on there did not have approval, and nobody had stopped them. When I talked to the people, they said they can’t be stopped because the people who are meant to be stopping them own floors in those buildings #CitizenMondayReport
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Prof Alfred Omenya: We also have this challenge where we have made this a planning and development control issue. Buildings don’t collapse because of development control. We have made this thing to be an income generation both formal and non-formal to the county, we have made it a planning issue. The question is: Are the buildings safe for human habitation? Buildings are collapsing because the engineering aspect is not followed through #CitizenMondayReport
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Sustainable urbanization starts with safe mobility and connected public space. Engaging in ongoing research around Axis to Settlement and the systems that shape everyday passage.
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Nairobi did not need the Expressway nearly as much as it needed mass transit. We spent roughly $668 million building a 27 km toll road in a city where only about 13% of trips are made by car, while 41% are by bus or matatu and another 40% are on foot. Imagine if an investment of that scale had instead gone into a tram or light-rail line along the same corridor, integrated with buses and matatus. Addis Ababa built 34 km of light rail for $475 million, while Casablanca chose to build an extensive tram network that moves ordinary residents across the city. Nairobi could have been thinking along the same lines: infrastructure designed to move the greatest number of people, not simply the greatest number of cars. Uhuru Kenyatta is often praised for giving Nairobi the Expressway, but perhaps we should ask who exactly was it built for? Nairobi’s elites who can afford to drive and pay the toll, or the common mwananchi who depends on public transport every single day?
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... Just from listening to your piece prof.
Ruto’s politics feels like the thingification of development: we will build this thing, launch that thing, construct another thing, then fly over us to commission the next thing. But a country is more than concrete and ribbon-cuttings. We have lived with a bad road a little longer; Kenyans have done so for decades. What we cannot accept is a country where citizens lose faith in the rule of law, accountability and the equal application of justice, while corruption allegations and questions about public resources remain unresolved. A beautiful highway cannot compensate for weakened institutions. A new airport cannot substitute for public trust. Before promising us more things, give us a Republic whose laws work, whose institutions command confidence and whose leaders are accountable to the same rules as everyone else. Development without moral and institutional foundations is just expensive scenery.
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Did you know that the Swedish embassy in Nairobi is our largest bilateral mission worldwide? We all had a good day away from the office yesterday to plan how to take forward our great relationship with Kenya. 🇸🇪🤝🇰🇪 @ForeignOfficeKE @SweMFA
