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The problem with Ongata Town ....:)

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Ongata Town on Google Maps I start with a disclaimer : I'm not an expert on urban planning but I bet I can share my experience. Basic info As per the information on Wikipedia, Ongata Town had a population of 40,178 as at 2009 census. If you take a rough population growth rate of 30% per annum for this town, that will translate to a total of approximately 250,000 (0.25 million) as at 2016. But I think this population is much higher than this. Anybody with more accurate info on this? Experience Been staying in Ongata Rongai environs in the last couple of months and noted something queer, maybe it is so clear to me, as a visitor than the 'locals' who might not notice anything funny with this little 'diaspora town'; as 'Nairobians' would like to refer derogatively to this town in the larger former expansive Rift Valley Province! Roads are really in a poor state. There are no stages for matatus and hence these characters drop and pick passengers