November 2003
Kibaki offers new hope to Kenya's poor
?The advice to visitors to Nairobi is comprehensive.
"Don't wind down the windows in your vehicle, don't carry
any valuables, don't stop to talk to street children when you're
walking around. Don't stay in the River Road area and don't go
anywhere in the centre on foot at night."
The list is pretty impressive and by no means unjustified.
Beset by rising violent crime, the city has long been nicknamed
"Nairobbery" by locals and visitors, and makes Johannesburg
feel safe by comparison. Armed robberies and hijackings of cars are
common and the best thing to do if you are involved in one is to comply
with the assailant's demands. If you do what they say then they
probably won't shoot you, goes the advice. Driving here is hazardous
at the best of times when having to squeeze between the next
crater-sized pothole and the matatu drivers, careering all over the road
in their decrepit Nissan minivans packed with brave passengers.
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