So, just to update you, since Moshi I have been in Arusha, Tz then Kajiado Childcare Centre, Kenya and now I'm in Nairobi.
I was assured by a couple of people how developed Nairobi is now compared to when I first came 6 years ago. And right enough, the roads are smooth, there is plentiful running water, big supermarkets, everyone is walking around carrying nice-looking mobile phones and the diseases of prosperity are increasing rapidly - type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attacks.
But then I took a while to look a bit harder.
And I noticed that the roads are left incomplete with no markings, the plentiful supply of water is at the expense of the slum areas as it is redirected away from them to the wealthier areas, behind the big supermarkets are the old markets where the poorer people shop and the man carrying the nice looking phone is on his way back to his one-roomed shanty house.
A tale of 2 Nairobis.
That is the characteristic of Nairobi and actually the whole of Africa,we still have a long way to go,but i believe the only way to get there is for us Christians to be Christians.
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