The city versus rural areas: Are the roles reversing?

Motorists plying the Nairobi–Nyeri route or Nakuru route must have noted the massive traffic jams on Sunday afternoon as Kenyans troop back to the city.

Flights to ‘rural towns’ are also fully booked over the weekends. Where do we go over the weekends? And why now? One of the simple measures of affluence is obsession with nature; it could be visiting national parks or playing natural games like golf or polo. If you can’t get any of these, you could visit the countryside, breath fresh air and escape the pressure cooker that is Nairobi.