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Nairobi bursting at the seams, is it time to move capital?

An aerial view of Nairobi's skyline [Davdi Njaaga, Standard]

Earlier in the year, Indonesia announced Nusantara as its new capital after the country’s parliament approved a Bill changing the capital from Jakarta.

One of the reasons for relocating the capital, as evidenced by several studies, is that Jakarta is sinking due to numerous drilling of boreholes in search of fresh water. The city is also densely populated with approximately 30 million people. This congestion is said to be interrupting government functions, with almost every official requiring police escort to navigate through the traffic smoothly and get to important meetings on time.

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