SKYSCRAPERS OF NAIROBI: Under the influence of Chinese, Britons, Americans & local investors.
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2021
- Skyscraper, very tall, multi - storeyed building. ... The term skyscraper originally applied to buildings of 10 to 20 stories, but by the late 20th century the term was used to describe high-rise buildings of unusual height, generally greater than 40 or 50 storeys.
By the first definition Nairobi has quite a number but by the second definition, the city has a few of them.
All the say, construction of mega - tall buildings is gaining momentum and foreigners investors are taking the lead.
The Changing Nairobi Skyline.
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Seems like there's a stiff competition between Nairobi neighborhoods. CBD struggling to maintain it's place, Upper Hill dominating the sky, Westlands taking a new shape, Eastleigh becoming a concrete jungle and there's kilimani coming so fast, damn!
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Yes. Bring back those dollars we make Kenya great.
Very important
Enock, the gap you left at Citizen TV will forever be felt. Good job
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This guy is the best in creating engineering documentaries. Thanks dude.
Keep educating us
As a guy born and raised in Nairobi in 70s_80s and left in 90s you can imagine the culture shock i faced in front of my eyes as I landed in the city .the mabati house i used to stay as a bachelor now an imposing multi storey apartment.the rest of Nairobi just to much to describe.
Wao. I can’t stop looking. I did not know all this. It’s real history , well researched, best presented.
Informative &well presented,bravo!
Brilliant video. I enjoyed every minute of it.
"where will the children play.. ?"
And that summerizes what shouldn't be forgotten in this highrise dash.
Kwani huonangi hizo uwanja
@@natureworld295 Ndio maana ni kasema, wanaojenga wasije wakasahau.
Then try and stop it if You can
DON'T JUST COMPLAIN .
START A CONPAIGN. okay
Excellent piece!
Very informative. Well done 👏🏾👏🏾
Well researched 👏👏👏👏👏, very educative. 🙏. Please give us more 🤭
This is always my one stop channel any day. The research is well done, the narration is super fine. Overall the channel is very informative.
Thank you so much Dan. We aspire to make them even better sir.
Amazing work...take us through ugatuzi tower progression
Good work! Looking forward to more content on other parts of the country as well as other historical events. The old ruins in the coast region would be an interesting topic
Thank you so much for your support. We are releasing one historical story soon. Already filmed. Stay tuned sir.
Such a good documentary 👊🏿 cheers dude
Oh wow. Very good and well researched presentation. I like the way the narrator sounds a little bit like David Attenborough. Very informative. Nairobi is surely becoming a very great city. Let us all look back and be so glad that things are improving. All large cities operate on apartments especially within the CBD as the city dwellers grow in numbers. All we need truly is green spaces, lots of it, and for the city to be cleaned up, paved, and trees planted in huge numbers. But overall very encouraging. Talking as someone who has not lived in Kenya for nearly twenty years, and soon to be a returnee. Keep posting please. Do lots more around the country too if at all possible.
Please make me understand how one can stay for 20 years without going home.
Excellent filming and narration!
From the voice this guy used to work for NTV......
Huyu kijana anakuanga ameweza man we will subscribe just to support you
This channel just got a new subscriber and regular
Thank you so much sir. We really appreciate
Jamani huku ni kwetu?? Naona ntapotea kweli... Great changes indeed
nice keep doing the good word
I saw a building like the Kings prism in shanghai
Same as the Britam tower is a Replica of One World Trade Centre building in New York City ❤️
@@Mr.Stingy Manhattan specifically
King's Prism is empty .
@@scottbryant7070 no one was speaking about it being full , don't be stupidly irrelevant all the time
Haters and trolls love these types of headlines.
Kenyan Historian channel makes a video of how the Chinese and Britons are building skyscrapers in Nairobi and names 4 and 1 British. All of a sudden a city that has existed since forever long before theirs becomes a Chinese town in troll's mind. UAE is now allowing foreigners to have full ownership of skyscrapers in Dubai. Americans did not build the Statue of Liberty and buildings everywhere have been designed and funded with foreign money. American architect Adrian Smith also designed Burj Khalifa and Jeddah Tower in Saudi. There is nothing wrong if a Chinese contractor is awarded a tender if 98% of its employees are our people, building it. Our engineers to menials, they are providing employment. There is also the transfer of skills of modern constructions and our people will be soon tendering and delivering in equal measure inside and outside of our country- sisi ni wale wa briefcase companies. Only two of the mentioned projects are foreign-funded. But does it matter? The funding is not a donation but a loan so we basically own it if we are paying for it.
Great narration and amazing production keep it up. 👌
Thank you so much. We appreciate
Bro you earned my sub this is the second time coming back to this channel and I'm impressed
Thank you so much ITgaming
@@KenyanHistorian congrats for hitting 2k subs my guys this channel is going far.
Awesome narration, this is fire upon 🔥👌
Thank you so much. We appreciate a lot
Day in day out..you do an amazing job
Thanks once again Patrick for your unwavering support.
The narration is not only brilliant but also informative good research Mr Historian
Thank you so much Braco.
Big up bro good job🔥
Thank you so much. We trying to change how Kenyan stories are told
in the meantime, 88 Nairobi Condominium (44-storey) is under construction
best documentary
Nice background instrumental
Great work here we are expecting more and more stories to follow suit keep bringing them Historian
Great
Very catchy Narration
We appreciate. You are doing an amazing job. Saw you in Ghana. Good stuff
@@KenyanHistorian Thanks you.
John uko uku😅😅
The voice is Wakanda 💯😂😂
Good job
Thank you so much
"Today, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made barely 60 years ago. ago."-Christougher Arap Sawe.
Looking forward to when Kenyans will own these projects. We are happy of the development, but saddened that 90% is foreign owned. Viva KE! We shall be key investors in our country in the future, hopefully! 😁
Actually most are kenyan owned. The foreigners are just contractors
Chris Mugambi..They are talking about contractors, not who owns them.
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10:12 KPLC should really start working on underground power infrastructure.. these ugly power lines need to go
that would be great
Thanks, kindly do a documentary on the pinnacle Towers and Hazina Towers. What is going on behind the scenes.
Pinnacle is a dead project
Great information. However, the music is nuisance.
Love your vids, great detail. But the background music in some of your vids is overkill, I get its your style but in a lot of your vids the background music/noise is sometimes unnecessary.
Can't believe times tower is leaving the top 5 tallest next year once 88 Nairobi is complete. It feels like yesterday that it was the tallest building in the country.
Yeah. Things changing so first
Eight eighty won't be done by next year. Not with the way investors are pulling out.
@@JudeMarchisio it's private company driven ,,, not by investors ,, owned by Lordships Africa ,,, actually the sales of the condominiums are skyrocketing ,, a friend of mine actually is in the process
This is really great work. I love your channel. I also wanna start a UA-cam channel. Question, how do you do research for your videos?
For us, UA-cam is a medium of communication. Our number one focus is to deliver credible and indepth documentaries on subject matters. So we concentrate much more on research. Getting facts from books, online sources and from experts. Information is always there, it's just how hard you look for it that makes the difference. We hope we have answered your question because even us we are seeking to be better than we are.
U have cut your niche in a crowded vlogging market. Keep up. Great research, narration and mix.
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Very nice piece
Thank you so much cree. Much appreciated
@@KenyanHistorian welkam anytime just put more emphasis on the tree cover in Kenya
Expecially the city n its sourounding and green spaces that's are being destroyed like central n uhuru park
@@creeadam5765 On it
The Prism doesn't have a diagrid structural system. Diagrids are usually a lot smaller than the steel support members they've used on their facades.
Excuse me, what was George saying about a skin and chuma?🙂
Foreign investment is a great way to boost kenyas development and I must agree nairobi's skyscrapers are breath taking. But many foreign investors, all over the world are known for convoluted tax avoidance schemes eg through transfer pricing, profit shifting' not conforming to local labour laws, etc. If UK and other rich nations find it hard to reign and control such investors, how can countries like Kenya manage such exploitation? The final question, therefore is; to what extent does the ordinary kenyan gain from such investment in the short term and long term?
I hope the city Fathers are taking notice of the adjacent road network which is at best wanting..A good network of roads is needed to complete the picture..currently what i see are narrow potholed tracks.
There's no thing called "city fathers". I saw that phrase coined by our media years ago. Why not refer to them as County government members
Wow.
from the trailer my expectation was that you were going to review the emergence of many high rise apartments in kilimani. but oh well...
It's in part 2 coming up. It's a wide topic. So we split it sir. That part inaiva
@@KenyanHistorian in that case I will wait. Can't wait for part 2 then. Please usituweke parking sana like this one. Lol. All the best though. Your work is impressive. Keep it up bro.
Let deep pocketed investors' come & build.That is what will bring change.Like the Chinese people have lots of money in savings....if they want to invest it in construction buziness, let them do it.It can only make African cities better & more attractive to foreign investments.
Attractive to your pocket as well??
Finally.
Nothing symbolises human arrogance and social injustices as much as skyscrapers, especially in a nation were most still live in poverty. But most of us are struck by Stockholm syndrome, and get hard or wet (hear the narrator's voice) when we see how good we can imitate the white man, mostly with HIS help which, we should know by now, always comes with a high price to pay. Will we ever grow up?
But y are writing in the white man's language'? We must develop our infrastructure that will attract foreign investments, industrialize and create more jobs
There's poverty in America Europe and Asia too some are even worse than Africa. It's just that they play a good game of hiding the poverty picture of their side
Nailed it😂😂
@@itgamingke What a laughable sentiment, American & European poverty is still 100x better than Kenyan/African poverty and that says a lot about our priorities.
Call me old fashioned. I remember when the IPS building (11 stories?) on Kimathi was one of the tallest buildings and I looked up at it in awe. That was before the Hilton Hotel. I liked that simpler Nairobi!
Your videos are interesting and well produced but why do your strain your accent so artificially...
Great job making! The video transpires the effort you put into making it. Few critics if I may though:
- Most of what Mr. Arabbu says is common knowledge. Either revise your questions or select better specialists to interview or allow specialists to speak in a language they are comfortable with.
- The end of the video lacks a conclusion.
Thanks Jean _ Luc. We will ensure that next time we do a better job and shall definitely incorporate your suggestions and views. Thanks once again.
And if you have a pull of experts like architects and engineers you can help us. We are trying to build a database for future reference and we are also learning and they can really be helpful. Our email is kenyanhistorian@gmail.com.
Thank you so much.
@@KenyanHistorian I don't doubt it. I follow you since your first video.
@@jean-lucturquin6557 I appreciate your support Jean. I was also asking for a favour just in case you know of other experts there. You know having a pool of them could be very helpful sir.
@@KenyanHistorian Sure, I would. But please don't get me wrong. I don't want to belittle Mr. Arabbu and on top of that, I would also like to add that it is obvious that you won't need my help. The amount of work you put in your videos and their quality will soon lead specialists to contacting you. The number of subscribers to your channel has already skyrocketed in 3 months.
You are the first channel I follow since its first video. I was hoping on you making more videos, not doubting on their quality. Even Discovery Channel still makes video with things to improve.
Covid-19 is ending. Kenya's is destined to become the next African lighthouse. Some Kenyan's are still unaware and we both know that. What you are seeding now will grow very big soon by the Grace of the Almighty God.
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I believe you are another typical Tanganyikan 😏 ,,, All these years wivu ni ile ile 😂😂 ,,, tho guess nawahurumia aki ,,, you guys can't help it that kenya is better in all angles than ur rather poor country 🤡 ,,,, Chemsha soda , kunywa alafu kojoa ulale 😁😁
Tulikosea kufukuza wakoroni juu tungekuwa mbali xana xixi ni chuki 2
Do all those buildings have tenants?
Good question
Congrats u gt points
Kenya is developing very fast.I have been gone for 10 years but don’t recognize this country..Happy for Kenyans ,mark it that industrial revolution comes at a price ,mental health issues are going to be on the rise because Kenyans standard of life will be higher and the common kenyan will not be able to afford living in Nairobi or even in Kenya.Welcome to capitalism.!
Better move back to rural homestead and live a self sufficient way of life.All this development is good for the eyes and pockets of those who benefit from them but not for the people.
Come back to Kenya and empower your people. What are you doing in the West putting money in the pockets of the white man?
@@hk254lyt8 coming back lol
@@abdikerboya5635 i will move back yeah.
your sentiments are true. it is happening
Development is good if it properly planned. If the idea is to compete who gets to put up the tallest tower, such development is destructive. If nature has to pave way for more concrete and not replaced, such development is destructive. Concrete exudes significant greenhouse signature. Concrete jungles accelerate climate change and for a country like Kenya, that will be painful
I agree with you 💯 Upperhill sky scrappers still struggling to get tenants. It’s a shame.
But the cbd is very dirty ...
It's in the next documentary
And thanks Ibrahim for watching.
Why lie ??? Surely ,, the CBD is cleaner than Upperhill ,,, are you confusing Downtown to CBD ???
Kenya is rising like a nonsense! This is what a conducive environment does. Keep wondering why people complain
Maybe is that overwhelming majority who does not rise that complain? Having a few millionaire and millions of poors is not an index of progress.
Even Americans complain yet they are the richest & have everything.So what do you expect of Kenyans most of whom are not doing so well?
Where are the trees parks recreational spaces? As one commentator said " where will the children play?"
@@scottbryant7070 In their rooms with their computers and games. The modern world has gone inside to play.
Sonko stopped it I thought it will be demolished as usual.
What message was he sending to such 'high pocketed investors'?No Kenyan can put such resources needed in constructing such building together...even local banks have no capacity to finance this.
Sipendi wajinga kama wewe. Ati under the influence of Chinese and Americans. You have to know that most of them are just contractors. You seem to suggest that locals are not playing an important role in all this. You want to praise white people.
If the architect is white and the contractor is Chinese, does the financing make it kenyan? Britam for example.
@@TheTororist Britam belongs to CIC insurance and the major shareholders are kenyan
@@janeulo4388 What about the building designer (Architect)?
LETS MAKE KENYA GREAT AGAIN 🇰🇪✨💯
Lets sell kenya to the highest bidder you mean
@@sarahjustice526 you don’t want kenya to develop? Because you live in the white mans land? Where we are not even wanted
It is always great
When was it great? Cant recall
RCC and PSC
That engineer talks and looks like collo of cleptomaiacs
Commentary 100%
We really appreciate. Thanks
Great content but i would suggest you look for better experts next time. How that guy is a Chair of Architects is a myth. Doesn't sound professional no matter how many times i try to listen to him. Colleagues share similar opinions.
He is ok he should have just spoke in kiswahili
Wakenya na kuteta teta atsiii
Honestly, not what I expected.
What did you expect 😂😂😂
@@kenyandamu sisemi kitu😂😂😂
@@mickyjagah Sema ili tujue au sio 😂😂😂
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150m+ is a skyscraper.
Yep... or above 40 floors. If a building achieves any of the two then it's a skyscraper
But again there's no standard definition of a skyscraper.
@@KenyanHistorian I am just stating that 150m+ is a very common definition
@@fjellyo3261 and I agree bro. Was just adding some information too. I believe in kufunzana. And thanks bro
This kind of conversation actually leaves one with lots of knowledge. I love that we can have this platform for engagement about different issues. Thanks once again brother
Roads bado still a mess!
But they are undercontruction
Because of all the construction ,, most of Nairobi rd are ok
The title is a turn off 😔😔😔😔😔 I didn't even watch it.
Normare
Nairobi needs more high skylines and good roads. Kenya government must to build smart cities with high skylines and good roads and create jobs for the people of Kenya
Tell us one important infrastructure the French has brought into your countries despite being richest in minerals resources compared to Kenya that depends only on agriculture and foreign investments. All you is do feeding and funding France, the difference between you us is that we are paying loans in return for good infrastructure and transfers of experience to the youth,while you on the other side are collecting and sending it to France while you end up risking your lives crossing the Mediterranean with boats to France to beg and sleeping in cold.
I feel sorry for the guy who paid for ur school fees 😂😂😂,,, if you even went to school 🤡💩😏👽
The headline is very controversial. Maybe you should do political stuff and leave infrastructure ones alone.
We respect your opinion. But it seems you arereading it from a bended angle. The headline is plainly straightforward and talks about the involvement of Chinese, Britons and Americans in the city's development and how their money and technology is changing how buildings are constructed in Nairobi. you are free to interprete the way unaona but that's the bottomline from our end. Thanks for your support and be blessed.
@@KenyanHistorian it’s your channel buddy so yes do what you wanna do with it, after-all it’s a free world I guess.
@@menradmwaliko3661 We value your feedback.
@@menradmwaliko3661 Why are you lecturing him this is his channel and the content is authentic... Kwenda kabisa
influence of Chinese and Americans? bullshit......it is kenyansbuildingkenya
It's mostly these Kenyans from diaspora and local rich Kenyans.
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What is that jamaa GEORGE ARABU even saying?
It's the problem of asking an Architect to explain an Engineering concept he he he..
That's the architects' chairman bwana
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Hey Sieunda. You should probably check your Internet strength. I have just checked and it's fine sir.
Dude, blame your internet connection 🤣🤣
@@KenyanHistorian true, my Internet connectivity was problematic. Fantastic video. Kudos!
@@sieundanyandika Thank you so much
希望肯尼亚不要太多高楼了，失去了自己的特色，高楼多，真的不是什么好事情
Too much filler content, go to the point
Jealousy will kill you
In other news...300 herd of cattle were stolen in west pokot. Kenya police reservists are in hot pursuit 🤣
Use another voice, and go straight to the point... Nice try though 6/10
You want to give us your voice? Because that voice is what we have for now.
@@KenyanHistorian Honestly I don't think this is a personal critique but the tone you're taking up bares semblance to traditional media on TV. I was about to say the same thing, you're on the internet live a little , loosen up a bit it'll go a long way
We don’t want your way
@@sarahjustice526 Understandable have a nice day
That's the voice that's available for now🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣mgonje the arrival of the next voice.