Last week I attended the ceremony bestowing city status on Nakuru, and this prompted me to reflect on the socio-economic history of the town, and enormous opportunities ahead. Getting a city status is an achievement in itself as it upscales physical planning, economic development modelling and governance standards. All these will definitely attract new investors and development partnerships.
Before Independence, Nakuru was the national hub for commercial agriculture. However, this appears to have shifted to Eldoret followed by rapid agricultural decline in both areas during the 1990s.
