Nairobi congestion a risk to residents

Heavy traffic and congested pedestrian streets. Welcome to the city under the sun. Nairobi. As a Nairobian, or a visitor-alike, you learn soon enough how to jump over neatly arranged oranges on the dusty streets, how to dodge potholes, how to save your skin from the always speeding matatus. Always alert. Always awake. These are skills that we Nairobians have learned to navigate this city.

But amidst this melee, when the dust settles — quite literally — in the evening, the bustling city slowly hums down (save for a few night joints and clubs). It goes quiet, it is as if to recharge ahead of another action-packed day tomorrow.