NevJam

[Mohammed Hersi : Mr Optimist @mohammedhersi]

Diani Must Not Sacrifice Its Future for Short-Term Development

The opening of the Dongo Kundu Southern Bypass has transformed accessibility to Diani and the South Coast. What was once considered a remote beach destination is now within easier reach of Mombasa and its international airport. This is a game-changing moment for Kwale County.

But with opportunity comes responsibility.

As investors scramble to acquire prime beachfront land, Kwale County must resist the temptation to approve developments that undermine the very asset that attracts investment in the first place. Development is welcome—but only the right development in the right place.

Reports of proposals to build large residential apartment complexes on Beach Zone 1 should concern everyone who values Diani's future as one of Africa's premier beach destinations.

Beach Zone 1 was never intended to become a corridor of residential apartment blocks. It was envisioned as the tourism frontage of Diani—a place reserved for hotels, resorts and hospitality developments that generate employment, attract international visitors and contribute significantly to the local economy.

This is precisely why the Diani Municipality Land Use and Zoning Plan exists. Planning documents are not prepared merely to occupy shelves. They are designed to protect a destination from uncoordinated growth that may deliver quick profits today but leave irreversible consequences tomorrow.

Residential apartments certainly have their place in Diani. In fact, demand for quality housing is increasing and should be encouraged. However, they belong in designated residential and mixed-use zones—not on the prime beachfront where every parcel of land represents a once-in-a-generation tourism asset.

Hotels and internationally recognised resort brands create far greater economic value than residential apartments. They generate year-round employment, purchase goods and services from local suppliers, support tour operators, restaurants, transport providers, artisans and entertainment businesses, while also contributing substantially to county revenues through tourism spending.

A residential apartment development, even one with hundreds of units, cannot match the multiplier effect created by a world-class resort.

Around the world, successful beach destinations understand this principle. They carefully protect their prime beachfronts for tourism investment while directing residential growth inland on beach 2 or 3 and even 4. That is how destinations such as Phuket, Mauritius and parts of the Mediterranean have preserved their international appeal for decades.

Diani should aspire to attract globally recognised hospitality brands that can elevate its profile, increase international airlift and strengthen Kenya's position as a premium Indian Ocean destination.

Once prime beachfront land is converted into residential apartments, reversing that decision becomes almost impossible.

The new road network, improved beach access and urban planning initiatives demonstrate a commitment to sustainable tourism growth. The next test is whether the county will uphold its own planning framework when development pressure intensifies.

This is not an argument against investment. It is an argument for smart investment.

Diani's beachfront is a finite and irreplaceable resource. If protected today, it will continue generating jobs, foreign exchange and prosperity for generations. If compromised through inappropriate land use, the opportunity may be lost forever.

The question facing Kwale County is simple:

Do we want Diani to become another strip of beachfront apartments, or do we want it to remain Africa's leading beach resort destination?

The answer will define Diani for the next fifty years, well as always I still choose to remain an optimist.

MH

[Thuranira @Thuranira_1]

My client is being forced to pay a fine by NTSA for allegedly speeding at 110 km/h, yet his car has been parked for the last six months.

How many other people have experienced this? These automated fines are illegal because they cannot be independently verified. What happens if someone clones your number plate and commits a traffic offence?

@ntsa_kenya

[Donald B Kipkorir @DonaldBKipkorir]

For FULL INFORMATION:

1. My kid bro was on the road @ntsa_kenya said he was though he didn’t know the speed he was driving at.

2. When my bro sent me the text from @ntsa_kenya , I told him to verify before he paid.

3. He called the number on it & was told to pay the fine in any @KCBInKenya nearest to him.

4. When my bro returned to Nairobi, he went to KCB Branch at Freedom Heights on Lang’ata Road.

5. My bro went to a bank teller who confirmed the fine is legitimate & that he can pay the fine.

6. My bro paid the fine & was issued with a KCB receipt!

The entire process looked so legitimate except that after paying, my bro got the text alert that the money was paid to an account of CATHERINE JERONO TOMNO.

Unless @ntsa_kenya & @KCBInKenya publicly respond to this, then we will assume that they are part of a scheme to defraud Kenyans. Why should public funds be deposited in a private account?

[Parklands Residents Association @parklandspamoja]

@Constafrica You have over 300 such buildings within Parklands alone, when can we host you?
We will provide refreshments
@GulagstormRider
@metro_alliance_
@ANMRA2022
@wanainchi50
@Alfayaz11
@teddyobiero
@cbs_ke
@SakajaJohnson
@EACCKenya look no further when pouncing again

[Alfayaz 11 @Alfayaz11]

We are constantly told Kenya is on its way to becoming a first-world country, so naturally we should borrow first-world ideas. I want us to take the United Kingdom as an example ,the UK��s MOT inspection system works because it is part of a complete road safety ecosystem, well-maintained roads, proper road signs and markings, disciplined drivers, credible driver training and licensing, strict enforcement, independent inspection centres, highly trained inspectors and modern equipment.

Here, we still have roads that destroy suspensions, missing road signs, chaos all over, poor road designs, no street lighting or even cat eyes present, to add to our problems we have unroadworthy PSVs, lawless boda bodas, questionable driver training and licensing and traffic laws that are selectively enforced.

If we genuinely want to copy first-world systems, then let’s copy the entire system, not just the part that asks motorists to pay for inspections.

Road safety is about saving lives, not ticking boxes. The day we start treating it as a complete system rather than isolated policies is the day we will begin making real progress.

I don’t even want to get started with the incompetence and corruption at NTSA.

It is what it is.

[Alfayaz 11 @Alfayaz11]

This is interesting, how will they manage to inspect ALL vehicles within that one centre. There is no mention of motor cycles. 🤡🤡🤡

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

Kenya has at least 5.37 million registered vehicle and motorcycle entries.

At KSh2,000–3,000 each, mandatory annual inspections could impose a gross burden of between KSh10.7 BILLION and KSh16.1 BILLION on motorists every year.

That is the scale of money NTSA must publicly account for.

Roadworthy vehicles matter. But forcing owners of every vehicle older than four years to pay for an inspection annually—without publishing the exact number of active vehicles affected, projected collections, inspection capacity, accident-causation evidence and safeguards against corruption—looks less like road safety and more like another compulsory extraction from exhausted Kenyans.

We must challenge them lawfully and completely: demand parliamentary scrutiny, transparent costing, independent audits, affordable fees, reasonable inspection intervals and proof that this policy will save lives—not merely create another multibillion-shilling collection pipeline.

Kenyans are not walking ATMs. Reject punitive vehicle-inspection charges.

[Alfayaz 11 @Alfayaz11]

How evil can people get? I mean you dangerously place disabled children in the middle of a road to beg! This needs to stop, this has become a common scene when you move around Parklands. Then you have those pretending to be Muslims begging everywhere. The once beautiful parklands is gone totally. A total crime scene from developments to the filth and disorder.

[Alfayaz 11 @Alfayaz11]

Hello failures @ntsa_kenya can you confirm whether our vehicle inspection centres have even the very basic equipment required to carry out proper roadworthiness inspections? I would like to know if you are equipped with the following, brake testers, suspension testers, play detectors, headlight beam testers, steering free-play testers, diagnostic scanners, exhaust emissions analysers, diesel smoke meters and proper equipment to inspect the chassis and underbody.

I’m not expecting you guys to have sophisticated or high-end inspection technology. These are the absolute basics used in many countries to determine whether a vehicle is genuinely roadworthy. We really need to be honest to ourselves and to the tax payers at some point, we must decide what our priority is. I urge you guys to be genuinely serious about road safety and protecting human life, or are the inspections simply another revenue collection exercise? We cannot keep claiming to value road safety while failing to invest in the very basics needed to assess it properly.

Some of us know a thing or two about this sector and thus we are only trying to assist clueless people who pretend to know it all.

It is what it is.

[Alfayaz 11 @Alfayaz11]

Today was supposedly a normal working day. Thousands of ordinary Kenyans have had to walk to work because roads have been barricaded. Many simply have no choice.
These are the same hardworking people who wake up before dawn, struggle through a chaotic, filthy city with no dignified public transport and very few decent pedestrian walkways. They work all day to feed their families, educate their children and keep this country moving.

Meanwhile, the very leaders they pay through their hard-earned taxes enjoy every privilege while ordinary citizens continue to bear the cost of poor decisions.
We keep hearing about supporting businesses and creating jobs. Is this the support we are talking about? How do you create employment while taxing businesses and citizens to the last cent, then making it even harder for people to get to work and for businesses to operate?

If today was meant to be a normal working day, then why so much panic? Why should the people who keep this country running be made to suffer even more? Brilliant. Just brilliant.

It is what it is.

[Alfayaz 11 @Alfayaz11]

It doesn’t stop. We need to fund the lifestyles of a President, Deputy President, 47 Governors, 47 Senators, 290 M🐷, 47 Women Reps, and approximately 1,450 MCAs which is a total of 1,882 elected leaders.

Once you add nominated representatives, the number is close to 2,000 politicians. Then come the offices, staff, vehicles, security, travel, allowances, and countless other perks that taxpayers must finance.
Many people do not fully appreciate what these slightly under 2,000 individuals cost the nation every year, or the sheer amount of wastage within the system. Sadly, in my view, well over 90% are either clueless, incompetent, corrupt, or a combination of all three.

We have not even taken into account corruption yet that’s our biggest problem, a cancer that’s unfortunately spread far beyond government and into society itself.

It is what it is.

#ReclaimNairobi

[Parklands Residents Association @parklandspamoja]

@EACCKenya plz investigate Hon. Umulkher Harun - Nominated MP @Kenyajudiciary when did your orders became just papers?
@DCI_Kenya
@SakajaJohnson this must stop 🛑
@GulagstormRider
@teddyobiero
@citizentvkenya
@K24Tv
@Tuko_co_ke
@StateHouseKenya
@wanainchi50
@NemaKenya

[Parklands Residents Association @parklandspamoja]

Happening ~Wangapala Rd, Parklands.
A massive crater in the middle of the Rd
@KURAroads well done for best Rd maintenance award. We are tired of constant reminders @MuriraKinoti seen the workmanship in Parklands?
@Alfayaz11
@GulagstormRider
@wanainchi50
@SakajaJohnson

[Parklands Residents Association @parklandspamoja]

IT’S ABOUT TIME , we can’t take it no more
@Environment_Ke
@SakajaJohnson
@StandardKenya
@GulagstormRider
@teddyobiero
@Alfayaz11
@amenya_nelson
@metro_alliance_
@northernblockke
@KLDA_Nbi
@047County
@AfUncensored
@UNEP
@Roads_KE
@StateHouseKenya
@citizentvkenya

[Mike M @omikey58]

@parklandspamoja @Environment_Ke @SakajaJohnson @StandardKenya @GulagstormRider @teddyobiero @Alfayaz11 @amenya_nelson @metro_alliance_ @northernblockke @KLDA_Nbi @047County @AfUncensored @UNEP @Roads_KE @StateHouseKenya @citizentvkenya Tuseme tu ukweli - what is this obsession with cutting down the trees..? one can still build those high rises by judicial setting out of the structures…yes?🤔

[NevJam @NevJamal]

@IG_NPS @BodaAssnofKenya @MubadiKevin @NelsonHavi @teddyobiero @ntsa_kenya @JayendraCA
Action has to be taken or get rid of the bodas! There are many incidences reported.

[NevJam @NevJamal]

@IG_NPS @BodaAssnofKenya @MubadiKevin @NelsonHavi @teddyobiero @ntsa_kenya @JayendraCA
Action has to be taken or get rid of the bodas! There are many incidences reported.

[A.W.O.L @krazygb]

Armed guys on bodas robbing ppl on school lane brookside westlands at 3pm on a Sunday afternoon.
As usual spring valley police are quiet!!

[Charles Kanjama SC @ckanjama]

The Law Society of Kenya strongly condemns the shocking arrest of Chief Justice Emeritus @dkmaraga and environmental activists protesting the irregular allocation of 76 acres of Nairobi National Park. Bundling a retired head of our Judiciary into a police vehicle for peacefully opposing a Sh42 Billion project, reportedly pushed through without public participation, is a direct assault on the civic space guaranteed under Article 37 of the Constitution. National heritage sites are not state property to barter behind closed doors.

The LSK will not stand by while police force is weaponized against constitutional defenders. We have immediately dispatched an LSK legal team to Lang’ata Police Station to secure the unconditional release of the activists, and I commend the CJ Emeritus for refusing to leave custody until all those arrested with him are freed. We demand an immediate end to the harassment of civic actors and a transparent public audit of the Bomas expansion plan. The @LawSocietyofKe remains firmly on the frontlines to protect our laws and our land.

[David Maraga @dkmaraga]

I was arrested this morning together with fellow patriotic Kenyans during our procession to present a petition to the Kenya Wildlife Services against the excision of part of the Nairobi National Park to construct a 1300-car parking lot.

Our national heritage and environment must be safeguarded from greed and unnecessary destruction without public participation.

[NevJam @NevJamal]

As Kenyans we have the right to protest peacefully! We are not living under a dictatorship!

[Alec Nzioka @alecnzioka1]

@dkmaraga The government is losing it completely. Why arrest former CJ for leading a peaceful protest/ procession to deliver a petition?
The dictates of the rule of law being violated blatantly