In 1983, Moi (or rather his cat's paw, Moses Mudavadi) dissolved the Nairobi City Council, then run by Mayor Nathan Kahara, and appointed a Nairobi City Commission in a scenario just like this.
The commission managed Nairobi until 1992.
Moi is clearly not dead.
The commission managed Nairobi until 1992.
Moi is clearly not dead.
Nairobi "was thereafter run by commissions which presided over an era of irregular land allocations, to the extent that every open space, including public toilets, was given out."
Emman Omari, DN, Jan 2000 (nation.co.ke/news/1056-3754…)
Emman Omari, DN, Jan 2000 (nation.co.ke/news/1056-3754…)
"But even under the commission, the city failed to reclaim its glitter... the city’s capital expenditure per capita for water and sewerage fell from US$28 in 1981 to US$2 in 1987...Per capita maintenance expenditures fell from US$7 to US$2..." standardmedia.co.ke/article/200009…
"One of the periods that saw the city fail in delivery of services was served by Fred Gumo as chairman of the commission and witnessed continued land grabbing and lethargy."
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(Btw, I am researching for an analysis on this I need to do tomorrow, so you don't need to respond, this is more a research thread than a commentary...) 
Excerpt from "Beyond Capitalism versus Socialism in Kenya and Tanzania" edited by Joel D. Barkan, available on Google Books.
Source
"Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City"
"Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City"
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I'd even forgotten, for a second there, that Kibaki had a ministry for Nairobi and the metropolis...
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