Psychological Wellness & 'Nairo':
For those in 'Nairo' in all again (or Anatolian Nairobi too), is to alert them of a problem in all, that might very well hamper their progress and as with regards truly even, to self-development that is {and with this being Psychological Wellness that is}. What Psychological Wellness does refer to in all, is in all ways even, feeling good about oneself, and from not only a Wholistic perspective actually {and as with this even historical that is}, but in all ways truly even, from a Political perspective {and as with this even, referring to background and the educational too}.
In 'Nairo' today though {but throughout Kenya too perhaps}, you will find a problem, that many in 'Nairo' in all, are not truly even aware about (or truly informed about that is) {and this being the preponderance of Nairobi Slums, Nairobi Estates and Nairobi Squatter camps too, and in and about Nairobi that is}. The reason for mentioning all this is that, those in 'Nairo' in all again, are the kind truly, to identify in all, and with the above mentioned three problems, and as with believing even, that, these problems in all, do actually represent, just whom they are in all again, and at their very core even {and as with speak too even, of Psychological Wellness that is}. The attempt of this entry, is to in all ways even, attempt to make those in 'Nairo', understand these problems better, and as with stating that, they are not representative, of Nairobi as a whole, but in all ways truly even, actually do arise, outside Nairobi in itself that is {and even outside Africa too, and as with the Political ideas in all again, that did make them real that is}.
To begin speak of this problem, is to in all again state that, these problems in all, and as with History too even, can be viewed from four main perspectives and that in all again, will have those in 'Nairo', truly understanding them for what they truly are, and in all ways truly even, able to move forward and around Nairobi in itself too, and without having to identify oneself, with these problems that is, or even truly again, seeing them, as major setbacks of any kind that is. These four main perspectives are: the Political, the Religious, the Cultural, and finally the Communicational too that is.
The Political:
To speak of the three problems above, Nairobi Slums, Nairobi Estates and finally even Nairobi Squatter camps, and from a Political perspective too, is to in all again attempt to teach, just how these problems in all, did actually arise, and that in all again, those in 'Nairo' too (or Anatolian Nairobi in itself), should consider them arising in all, and as based around Political forces too, that those in 'Nairo' in all again, have had nothing much at all to do with actually. In many ways truly even and as with a start too is to say in all that, first off, these problems are not unique to Nairobi in itself, but are in all ways truly even, rather regional in their ways actually {and as with Slums too for example, to be found all over Eastern Africa, Estate Holdings all over East Africa, and finally in all again, Squatter camps, all over 'the Horn of Africa' that is (or mainly even Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia too)}.
Having said this, that these problems have no true origins in Nairobi in itself, or 'Nairo' (Anatolian Nairobi) too perhaps, but in all ways is to in all again say that, Slums in Nairobi (and Eastern Africa too), do have their origins in all, and with the Colonial world that is {that in all, life in Eastern Africa, is highly migratory in its ways, and as with it Nomadic too that is, and Slums in all again, and in Eastern Africa too, did arise in all, in Post-Independence Africa actually, and as with saying that, Colonial and Pre-Colonial Africa, did see Eastern Africa even, having lifestyles in all again (including Colonial), that did support migratory labour that is} {however, in the aftermath of Independence in Africa, these migratory labour groups in many ways, and throughout Eastern Africa too, have found themselves living in slums/poverty, and as with pertubingly saying that, Keynesian Economics in all, and as with it even based around Agricultural holdings too, has truly failed in all, to take hold in an Eastern Africa, where alot of the people, have remained nomadic in their ways, and still prefer moving around, and in the search even, of short-term employment that is (and as with this truly even, how Eastern Africa in all, and as compared to the rest of Africa too perhaps, has always functioned, and since historical times too that is)} {and as with saying in all again that, Pre-Colonial and Colonial Kenya in all, were rather highly cultural (and as with many a late-night party too perhaps, and all over the week too even), and that did necessitate in all, the very need, and for such migratory working labour that is}.
To speak of Estate Holdings in all and as to be seen around East Africa too (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania), is to in all again speak of Post-Independence African Economic dreams, and as with they even Keynesian too, and the attempt in all again, and by many an African Country too perhaps, to Industrialize in all that is {and as with Industry in East Africa too, having proven to be successful and under the Nations format, and not the Country format either}. In all, the belief that, African Countries were destined for Industrial success, did provide for a mad rush in all, and in getting educated too, and as with these educated workforces in all again (and some with College level education only, and not University either), now housed in Estate holdings in all, and having their hopes truly dashed, when Industrialization in Africa (and as a whole too), did actually fail to take off that is {and this all blamed too, and effectively that is, on their not being able to adequately define their Markets in all, and as with regards to their produce/products that is} {and other than the nonsensical theory in all again that, it is the workers in these Industries, plus the Educated workforces in all again, that would at the very least, support these Industries} {and in all ways too, giving birth to Communist and Socialist Ideologies in all, and to be seen all over East Africa then (the 70's), but also Africa as a whole too that is}.
To speak of Nairobi Squatter camps in all, is to in all again speak of a more or less recent problem in creation. That unknown to most, Nairobi or Kenya even, did not truly have Squatter camps in all, and until the 80's in themselves too {and as with Kenya in all, and in the 70's too, very much a Middle Class (Second World) Country that is}. This problem of Nairobi Squatter camps though, does have heavy migratory trends to it {meaning in all again, while Slums do hold populations in all, that do arise in Eastern Africa in itself, and Estate holdings now though, holding populations in all again, and as arising within Africa and the Middle East too, Squatter camps on the otherhand, do have populations in all again, arising in all too really, and from Asia in itself actually (and as with Black Asians too that is), and as with their having been an influx in all, of Black Asians and into Kenya in all again, and during the early 80's too that is} {what in all is been said here is that, Kenya, and Politically too, is not well charted out actually, and as the rather false belief even that, Kenya's population in all, does hinger around the 30 Million mark, when in reality, most towns and outside Nairobi in itself too, only do accommodate thousands that is (and as with speak too even, of the infrastructure in all, to be seen outside Nairobi that is)} {that in all again, Kenya's Infrastructure and as it is in the present, and in the past too, is not capable in all, of supporting a 30 Million sized population that is, and as with their being no evidence at all, of how Kenya's population in all again, did grow to such great sizes (post-Colonial too that is), and without it having the proper Infrastructure in all again (including Food production perhaps), to support this growth in population size that is} {in all ways though, a good figure and as representative of Kenya's population as a whole, and at the present too, is about the 8 Million mark actually (and as it was even, and during the Colonial times too that is)} {and as with Ethiopia too in all again, only having a population of about 12 Million people perhaps}. In all ways even, Black Asian groups making their way into a Kenya/'Horn of Africa' and now rather political in its ways too, and find themselves in all again, and in Squatter camps in all, and as with regards truly even, to not only Land issues that do come to define Kenyan Politics in all, and during the Post-Independence times too, but also truly again, Identity creation issues in all that is {and as with one in all, being able in all again, to defines ones History and in Kenya too perhaps, and rather well that is}.
In all ways truly even, an attempt in all and as with the above too that is, to give a proper historical account of how these problems in all again, did actually arise, and as with saying that, Kenya's problems in all, are not as big and as the UN might point out perhaps, but in all ways truly even, not well charted out actually {and as with saying that, most of Kenya, East Africa, Eastern Africa and even the 'Horn of Africa' too, remain truly uninhabited, and as with the Knowledge in all again, required to inhabit it all, and as with the 'Horn of Africa' too that is, mainly perhaps, olden/traditional European, Victorian or Swahili too even (but not, Modern/Western Knowledge, or that arising with the UN too perhaps)}.
Olden/traditional European, Victorian and Swahili Knowledge:
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The Religious:
To speak of the Religious, is to in all again speak of viewing these problems, and from a rather religious perspective too that is. That in all, these three problems can be best viewed and from religious even, and so as to make them rather realistic in nature that is (and not too philosophical either) {and as with Modern attempts too, to define Humanity that is (and without a religious basis to it all actually)}. For instance, Slums are often today, associated in all again, with Evangelical movements/groups, while Squatter camps in all, and with Missionary groups, and Estate holdings in all again, with Roman Catholicism {and as with Roman Catholicism too in all, attempting to now truly even, better define success in all again (and as with Neo-Colonialism even), and for those in Estate holdings too that is}.
In all ways though, the above Religious formations in all, have failed to meet the needs and demands, and of those living in the above Political existences that is, and for those in 'Nairo' too, is to in all again say that, attempts to deal with these issues, and Religiously too, and from viewing them in all again, and from a Christian/Ecumenical perspective perhaps {and as with this even, speaking of associating them in all again, and with Marian figures too, and who are part of the 'All Saints Day' festivities that is}. That in all, Slums, can be conquered in all again, and via truly knowing, what Kindness is, while Estate holdings in all, via knowing what Mercy is, and finally in all again Squatter camps, via truly knowing what Piety is actually {and that in all ways even, this does not only speak of having to not only live in one, but in all ways truly even, solving the problems, to be seen in them too that is}.
The Cultural:
One has to understand, the Cultural ambitions in all, and of the groups in all again, who are to be found in these Political entities. For those in the Slums for instance, and very much Eastern African too, is to know that, they in all again do adhere to their traditional lifestyles in all, and lifestyles too, that did support migratory trends in all again, and as with saying truly that, many of them in all again, do dream of living a life, heavily based around travel in itself, work, and the making of enough money, to live off their retirement perhaps {and as with this even, speaking of the rather interesting ways in all, and by which Family in all again, is defined, and throughout Eastern Africa too that is} {and as with it even, taking into consideration, issues pertaining to the traveling of family members, political/social retirement in all, and gender issues too, and as based around work that is}.
For those in Estate holdings on the otherhand, is the belief that, one day, they will be wealthy enough, and to live life, very much similar in all again, to how the Wealthy and just about everywhere too, do actually live that is. For this group though, and now highly indoctrinated even, and in Western/Modern Knowledge/Education in all, is to let them know perhaps that, these lifestyles they do in all again so desperately wish to seek out in all, are actually based on the interpolating in all (and as with taking into consideration the present times too), and of olden European and American Knowledge Bodies that is {and that in all even, most truly again, cannot be educated into these Knowledge Bodies (they having an evolutionary psychological aspect to them), and that Western/Modern Knowledge in all, and at the very most too, does speak in all again, of attaining a Rich Middle Class background that is}.
For those in the Squatter camps in all again (and as with alot of Kenya's population too perhaps), is the desire in all again, to truly live a life, and as Interesting as possible perhaps, Exciting, and as with Wealth in all again, defined in all too really, and via Friendships, Politics engaged in (and as with Adventurism perhaps), and finally in all again, Religious/Psychological states that is {and as with saying truly that, all this at the very minimal too, is defined by Victorian culture in all too really (and as with what readily does appear, to be European about Kenya too that is), and all this too, speaking in all again, of succeeding and flourishing too, and as defined at the very least even, and by Victorian English and Victorian literature too that is (and as with Victorian English in all, the kind of English in all again, spoken throughout the history of Kenya that is)}. In all, the failure of many a person in Kenya (and not only in 'Squatter camps' too that is), to grasp the intimacies of Victorian English in all, and literature too perhaps, has led to many an unhappy life in all again, and as one will discover in all ways even that, using Victorian English in all again, and to think about oneself, and life in Kenya too (and as compared to Modern English that is), is the key in all again, to seeking out Happiness in itself that is}.
The Communicational:
To speak of the Communicational, is to in all again speak of the kind of Communications based groupings/cultures in all, that those in the forementioned Political entities in all again (Slums, Estate holdings and Squatter camps), do engage in that is {and in their bid too, to seek out success in all that is}. That in all again, success in Kenya and at the very least too, has traditionally been associated in all again (and as with Communications in themselves that is, deemed highly more important in surviving, and in Kenya too, than in most other places of the World actually, and where Political Institutes in all again, and as with they rather cultural/educational too, are at the very heart of all this that is)}. In Kenya though, survival and success, has traditionally been associated, with Communications oriented groups/cultures (and as with they even, rather informal in their ways that is), and those that have worked best, have always been European, Swahili, American and especially Victorian in their ways too actually.
For those in the Slums though, one does find Communications based groupings/cultures in all, highly based around Cellular phone cultures actually (and especially SMS too), and as with their attempting even, to gain gainful work in all, and as based around creating a work based cultural existence too, highly geared around Cellular phones that is {and something too, that has not worked out truly well enough, and other than the use, of M-Pesa for instance, and in all ways truly even}.
For those in Estate holdings, one does find that, Communications in all, has come to be defined, and by the very world too, of British/UK NGO's actually {and as with those in Estate holdings in all, heavily even somewhat, depending on these institutions in all again, and for funding that is, and as with not only even a Business idea perhaps, but also truly even, as with meeting their Educational needs and in all ways truly}.
For those in Squatter camps, their Communicational needs in all, are met in all again, and by attempting to truly associate themselves, and with more or less a prominently known person in Kenya perhaps, and as with their attempts in all again, to do all kinds of work even, and in the hopes too, that those who do offer them work in all again, will in all ways even, help to direct/steer their lives in all that is.
In all ways though, one can be told that, cultures that do in all again, have a heavy Communications aspect to them {and as with those in Kenya too}, and as compared to the Cultural that is, can be said in many a way too, to be much more meaner in spirit, and as with regards even, to failure in itself that is {that in all, past mistakes and in a Communications oriented culture in all, are not easily forgiveable, and are not dealt either too (and as with Political Institutes even), and by attempting to study and learn from, what did actually go wrong that is (and other than speak of a Communications breakdown that is)}.
'Ali Baba'
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