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Why relocating capital city won't solve Nairobi's mess

Skyline of the city of Nairobi, Kenya [David Njaaga, Standard]

In the last 100 years, 30 countries have moved or decided to relocate their capital cities. As Wilson James writes in a 2020 case study of Indonesia, which recently moved its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, the thinking behind such decisions ranges from cementing authority to overpopulation.

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