Episode description
Episode description
Episode 6 of the Series focussing on urban governance and how to get it right in managing urban growth in towns and cities in Kenya.
Show guest: Dennis Abuya is a Registered Physical Planner currently working with the County Government of Kiambu. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Management and a degree in Urban and Regional Planning - both from the University of Nairobi.
Listen or watch to understand:
- How Kiambu County is developing and changing in the spatial and socio-economic form.
- The development character and trends in rapidly urbanizing and emerging towns.
- If the growth of these towns followed any management guidelines and regulations.
- Current management challenges hindering sustainable growth of these towns.
- What the future is of these towns and what role urban authorities can play for sustainability and for tackling the challenges.
- How the County has worked with AKiRNA to negotiate and drive the region's present and future development?
- Foreseeable opportunities with well managed urban and peri-urbans areas.
- Kiambu County’s system to deliver better cities and towns.
- How the County is steering the development and growth of the region.
- Key priorities for growth in the next decade and how we will get there.
- Lessons learnt so far.
- How to resolve current glitches, for future resilience.
- Inspiration drawn from other African towns and cities.