Cabinet approves city status for 2 more towns

The Cabinet has approved elevation of two more towns to cities, bringing the number of Kenyan cities to five, including the capital Nairobi, Mombasa port city and Kisumu.
A brief from State House Thursday said that the Cabinet had agreed to amend the Urban Areas and Cities Act to provide for five cities.
Though the brief did not specify the targeted towns, Kenya’s largest urban centres behind Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu cities are Nakuru and Eldoret in that order.

“Under the proposed amendments there would be five cities, 64 municipalities, 66 townships and 80 market centres,” the State House statement said.
Currently, only two urban centres are classified as municipalities while 130 have township status.
This means the number of townships will be cut by half if Parliament adopts the bill.

The Urban Areas and Cities Act 2011, which is set to be amended, states that for an urban area to be classified as a city, it must have a population of at least 250,000 residents based on the last population census data.
It must also have an integrated urban area or city development plan and should demonstrable capacity to generate sufficient revenue to sustain its operation.
Nairobi collected Sh11.7 billion in revenues in the 2015/16 financial year, followed by Mombasa (Sh2.9 billion), Kiambu (Sh2.5 billion) while Nakuru came in fourth at Sh2.3 billion and Sh1.8 billion for Narok.
Machakos was sixth having collected Sh1.1 billion, according to Controller of Budget records.
The Cabinet approved the amendment bill set to be submitted to Parliament for scrutiny and approval.
“The bill is aimed at amending the Urban Areas and Cities Act, 2011 in order to harmonise and cater for the classification of urban centres in the country in a more realistic and viable manner than is provided for in the current law.”
The government had in 2015 announced plans to merge 11 major towns into six metropolitan regions.

So Kenya kuna city 3!?

We have two International city.

thisdayes said:

So Kenya kuna city 3!?

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BlietzKrieg said:

We have two International city.

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Oky.. good for you. What does it take for a city to be International city?

Inamaana kwa kigezo cha idadu ya wakaazi cha Kenya,Kahama na Kasulu kwa Tz tuite cities,basis Tz tuna cities nyingi sana asee

thisdayes said:

So Kenya kuna city 3!?

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Tunazo tatu sasa zimeongezeka na kuwa tano. Hii ni baada ya maendeleo kwenye miji miwili iliyoongezeka.

I think it is a good thing...Not Kenyan but feel everything has been too centralized in Nbo...It would be nice if you had another major city of Nbos stature elsewhere...It seems to me most major official offices are in Nbo? I could be totally wrong as am only there for a few days at a time...Anyway, good for you.

MK254 said:

Tunazo tatu sasa zimeongezeka na kuwa tano. Hii ni baada ya maendeleo kwenye miji miwili iliyoongezeka.

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So all the years u have been lying to us ati Nakuru n Eldoret r cities. Cities ur foot! U people ur ego will kill u ohooo! It's stupidity of highest order when idiots from Kenya compare cities like Arusha, Tanga, Mbeya, Stonetown n Mwanza with towns in Kenya.

ChoiceVariable said:

Inamaana kwa kigezo cha idadu ya wakaazi cha Kenya,Kahama na Kasulu kwa Tz tuite cities,basis Tz tuna cities nyingi sana asee

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Yes kwa kigezo cha watu, Tanzania imezizidi nchi zote za Afrika Mashariki (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda na Burundi) ukiziunganisha pamoja. Sababu kubwa ni kwamba huku Tanzania watu wanakimbia umasikini mkubwa vijijini hata kama hawana uhakika wa kazi mijini lakini nchi majirani hawakimbilii hovyo mijini kutokana na kuwa na makazi na kilimo cha kudumu na hivyo kushindwa kuacha vitega uchumi vyao.
Sababu nyingine kubwa haswa ni gharama kubwa ya ardhi unayoweza kujenga nyumba za makazi. Miji mingi ya Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda na Burundi, imejengwa kwenye maeneo yenye rutuba (ukiacha eneo la Kaskazini na Pwani ya Kenya), hivyo wengi ha wako tayari kuuza ardhi zao kwa urahisi kama maeneo yasiyo na rutuba. Ndiyo maana hata kwa Tanzania, miji muhimu na maarufu tangu zamani nchini ya Moshi, Bukoba, Tukuyu, Lushoto na Arusha imekuwa ikikua kwa mwendo wa kobe kutokana na watu kuuza ardhi zao kwa gharama kubwa. Arusha inakua tu hivyo hivyo kama Nairobi kutokana na uwekezaji mkubwa wa kitaasisi ndiyo maana bei za viwanda za miji hiyo ni kubwa usipime.

Aisee hii ni bonge ya habari na yastahili tujipongeza mazee, wakati tunasubiri waswahili waje na kutuambia pia wao wanazindua miji mipya,! acheni na mm nishiriki moto kidogo

Geza Ulole said:

So all the years u have been lying to us ati Nakuru n Eldoret r cities. Cities ur foot! U people ur ego will kill u ohooo! It's stupidity of highest order when idiots from Kenya compare cities like Arusha, Tanga, Mbeya, Stonetown n Mwanza with towns in Kenya.

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East africa city ni tano pekee...ata inaeza kuwa less than 5.
Hiii ujinga ya kuname kila town city ni ujinga

Mgambilwa ni mntu said:

Yes kwa kigezo cha watu, Tanzania imezizidi nchi zote za Afrika Mashariki (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda na Burundi) ukiziunganisha pamoja. Sababu kubwa ni kwamba huku Tanzania watu wanakimbia umasikini mkubwa vijijini hata kama hawana uhakika wa kazi mijini lakini nchi majirani hawakimbilii hovyo mijini kutokana na kuwa na makazi na kilimo cha kudumu na hivyo kushindwa kuacha vitega uchumi vyao.
Sababu nyingine kubwa haswa ni gharama kubwa ya ardhi unayoweza kujenga nyumba za makazi. Miji mingi ya Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda na Burundi, imejengwa kwenye maeneo yenye rutuba (ukiacha eneo la Kaskazini na Pwani ya Kenya), hivyo wengi ha wako tayari kuuza ardhi zao kwa urahisi kama maeneo yasiyo na rutuba. Ndiyo maana hata kwa Tanzania, miji muhimu na maarufu tangu zamani nchini ya Moshi, Bukoba, Tukuyu, Lushoto na Arusha imekuwa ikikua kwa mwendo wa kobe kutokana na watu kuuza ardhi zao kwa gharama kubwa. Arusha inakua tu hivyo hivyo kama Nairobi kutokana na uwekezaji mkubwa wa kitaasisi ndiyo maana bei za viwanda za miji hiyo ni kubwa usipime.

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Wacha uongo human migration to the cities Tanzania ipo chini ukilinganisha na Kenya. FYI 60% of Tanzanians r still in rural areas!

BlietzKrieg said:

East africa city ni tano pekee...ata inaeza kuwa less than 5.
Hiii ujinga ya kuname kila town city ni ujinga

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Peleka upumbavu...katawaze kwanza

Of course Tz will have "more cities" due to geographical size and population kwa hivyo tuwache kupimana mboro kijinga.Whether those "cities" are viable economically or have good infrastructure is a whole nother matter.

its surprising how Tanzanians are trying to say that they have more cities but Tanzania only has one city...the rest are towns and villages...Dodoma the capital looks like Turkana...no development whatsoever...😀😀😀dont compare Kenya to dirt...

Geza Ulole said:

Wacha uongo human migration to the cities Tanzania ipo chini ukilinganisha na Kenya. FYI 60% of Tanzanians r still in rural areas!

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Nilikuwa naongelea miji makubwa yenye wakazi zaidi ya 200,000 kama mtoa mada alivyoeleza kupandishwa kwa miji ya Nakuru na Eldoret kwenye status ya majiji. Fuatilia vyema utakubaliana na maelezo yangu.
Tanzania kwa sasa tuna miji zaidi ya kumi yenye wakazi zaidi ya 200,000 - Dar, Mwanza, Mbeya, Dodoma, Arusha, Tanga, Morogoro, Tabora, Kahama, Geita, Kigoma na Songea.
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda na Burundi ni Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Machakos, Meru, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kampala, Kigali na Bujumbura.

mashindano yameanza....nini mbaya na baadhi ya watz

Tanzania has 14 cities If we follow Kenyan standards, poor Kenyans huwa wanakuja na mada zao za kinyangau Eldoret vs Mwanza ... These people arrogance is in their blood

Tz boy 4tino said:

Tanzania has 14 cities If we follow Kenyan standards, poor Kenyans huwa wanakuja na mada zao za kinyangau Eldoret vs Mwanza ... These people arrogance is in their blood

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hizo city zenu zenye poor infrastructure plus worse planning ndio mnaziita city?
City si big population.

Tz boy 4tino said:

Tanzania has 14 cities If we follow Kenyan standards, poor Kenyans huwa wanakuja na mada zao za kinyangau Eldoret vs Mwanza ... These people arrogance is in their blood

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in terms of population.. i agree tz has 14 populated towns called cities by tzs