Nakuru has officially gone to the dogs

Outside Nairobi, Kenya’s other two cities and towns suck in no small measure. Mombasa used to be cool, but you can no longer sun yourself on the beach without thinking of Al-Shabaab blowing you up into shards for fun. Despite being made a city with all the pomp and colour, and a guest list that included Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Benjamin Mkapa, Kisumu is still the small town that it was in 1967, only rusty and weary.