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Pipeline Estate is about 1.2 km². The total length of road in such a densely populated area is roughly 30 km, and even if we give it a generous upper estimate, it would be about 40 km. Considering the average cost of estate roads at KSh 20 million per kilometre, it would take around KSh 800 million to tarmac the entire estate. Do you think the county council and the Kenya Urban Roads Authority don’t have KSh 1 billion to pave all the roads in Pipeline Estate? The answer is no ,they certainly do. In fact ,the resources collected in Pipeline Estate in terms of rental tax ,construction permits ,business permit are enough to make the place look like Nyayo Estate. But why are the roads still not paved? Discussed in political science is the idea of a political poverty trap. In such systems, widespread poverty and poor infrastructure make citizens dependent on politicians for small, immediate assistance ,things like temporary road grading, drainage repairs, food aid, or small development projects before elections. Once a new politician joins politics, the first lesson from peers is often simple: you either work and risk being removed, because they no longer need you or you keep people constantly engaged with token gestures and stand a better chance of surviving politically.

Me every time I hear the term "Epstein Class."

A 4,000 km radius from Tehran stretches deep into Africa, reaching across the Horn and into East Africa. To put this into perspective: 🇪🇹 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) is about 3,200 km from Tehran 🇸🇴 Mogadishu (Somalia) is about 3,700–3,800 km away 🇸🇸 Juba (South Sudan) sits just under 4,000 km 🇰🇪 Nairobi (Kenya) is just beyond that range at around 4,300–4,400 km What this means is that within a 4,000 km reach, most of the Horn of Africa and parts of East Africa fall squarely within range, with countries like Kenya sitting just at the edge of that radius. This is not a distant geography. It is within the same regional neighborhood, from the Middle East into Africa’s eastern corridor.

Why some families bring out the body in a hole of the house instead of the door?

27.03.2026

ALL EYES ON CUBA Babies are dying in NICU hospitals in Cuba Because of the United States.