Nairobi is a great city, even welcoming us back after the Christmas holidays. Seen the billboards? Once we get into the city, we don't leave. After forty years, I am still trying to leave the city.
The city, whose location was well thought out, between the endless plains and well-watered highlands, has been there for more than a century.
Do you recall anyone celebrating the centenary in 1999? Everyone was too busy and may be scared by the millennium bug. It could be age or just curiosity but I am getting obsessed with the city.
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