WILLINGNESSThe emperor, therefore, asked for an urban planner to turn Paris upside down and make it a modern city, like London, where Napoleon III had lived and loved. No one was more ambitious and up to the task than Haussmann, who ended up catching the emperor’s eye. By the time Haussmann was done implementing Napoleon III’s plan, there was a hue and cry all over Paris. For the last many years, there has been continuous talk about reimagining and transforming Nairobi. A few months ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta constituted the Nairobi Regeneration Committee, an inter-ministerial formation — with representation from the Nairobi County government — meant to give both political and technocratic impetus to the city’s ambition for renewal.

Source: Daily Nation February 02, 2019 18:56 UTC