tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37479680.post7176973378031473063..comments2023-11-02T16:07:58.430+00:00Comments on Kenya Capital Investment Group: Numbering KenyaMainaThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12266497232119983697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37479680.post-23391336227285028252009-02-19T20:34:00.000+00:002009-02-19T20:34:00.000+00:00I wholeheartedly agree. Its not even necessarily a...I wholeheartedly agree. <BR/><BR/>Its not even necessarily a 'west' thing. Harare has a great numbering system (or did as of two years ago...don't know if that has changed)...though thats probably more the white man's legacy rather than Comrade Bob's. <BR/><BR/>Generally, I prefer to make decisions based on numbers....I once tried asking a salesman at Subaru Kenya what the approximate running cost per km for one of their vehicles was and he didn't know...I tried asking approximate cost per page for printers..again no printer sales people could answer me...we seem to operate in a society that takes comfort in vagueness...probably because embracing numbers would prove many claims to be false.KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09572396093203124121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37479680.post-47904812368832895322009-02-18T19:55:00.000+00:002009-02-18T19:55:00.000+00:00Banks-tx. When I put some of these posts, I think ...Banks-tx. When I put some of these posts, I think they give the impression of some westernised Kenyan. Yet some things are as obvious as noses...MainaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12266497232119983697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37479680.post-37964289845860095472009-02-18T12:45:00.000+00:002009-02-18T12:45:00.000+00:00You probably won’t believe but there was a buildin...You probably won’t believe but there was a building numbering program led by Dr Alf Mutua about two years ago – and all building in downtown Nairobi now have numbered (at the entrances) with numbers like ‘29’ or ’44’ (but which hardly anyone uses or knows about). They don’t tie up with street signs however so a building is just ‘29’ instead of 29 koinange street (as it would be in the US)<BR/><BR/>On land, that is another mess altogether. When I was in Kampala it was impressive to see plots of land, idle/ under construction with the land registration number (L.R/plot No). identified on signboards, here you can hardly know what the L.R. number is unless you hire a surveyor to map it out<BR/><BR/>On numbers, you’re right – the Government, NGO’s , politicians are fond of making these up, and the media chew & spit them out without verification. This road will cost 12 billion, 10 million are starving 6 million have AIDS etc.bankelelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01180926084939364063noreply@blogger.com