It's the forward-thinking for me - the wide open spaces, abundant parking space, and the ease with which you could walk around. These guys built the city with the next 30-40 years in mind... Today it's a pale shadow of its former glory....
I lived in Nairobi between 1963/1968. It is a pleasure revisiting the city through this short picture. The city fathers led by the then Mayer Charles Rubea kept the city clean and tidy. I'm 78 now but I don't think I am going to like the place if I happen to revisit.
As nostalgic as some people are for the old days. I still think Nairobi is one of my favourite African cities, for its convenienve, greenery, people and how safe it has gradually become since the 90s. Addis on the other hand....!
Things in Nairobi went south from eighties. However the parks were intact untill ninties. I mean city park with its famous mtego wa panya, central park with its well done lawns and flowers slides and swings for children and children traffic park. Uhuru park was known fpr boat rides and colouful fish ppds wirh all colours of fish. The round building in uhuru park was a chips centre.
@@normanwells2755 ... You may have a point but don't forget celebrations were in full swing in the run up to towards independence in 1963 with massive display of National Flags on government buildings !!
@@Leo15730 That is not true this is in 1964 when Kenya got independence, in 1960 The Flag of the East African Protectorate was still flying until Kenya got independence in 1963 that is the time when the British flag has been removed, you can see not so many white British settlers were not around and also how Kenyans people were still fresh and Asians taking a good time too.
Probably the best part for me was the Post Office Building where I used to stop by many times with my dad (for example at night to send a telegram or to get mail from a post office box or to get first day covers for a new issue of stamps or to pay a license fee for a TV/radio).
I recognise the TOTAL Garage at 10:19. In 1990 it had become infamous 'New Florida Nightclub' in a Nairobi that had become shabbier, dirtier and a great deal more grubby than the one depicted in the Home Movie which appears to have been shot not very long after Independence.
@@RoneyNgala Barely. Only 2 million Kenyans pay the full range of taxes on an annual basis, the rest dodge everything except VAT. And because most hardly consume anything more than food, VAT revenues are negligible. I'm not saying corruption is good, it is not. But Kenya is poor primarily because most Kenyans are stupid and prefer never to think
@@theturkanabus3610 People are busy making money and minding their own selfish welfare. Thinking and expanding of minds is a rare occurrence nowadays. Sadly true!
If we should fix our transport system and not have boda bodas and matatus just operating any how. Then impose tough laws on dumping and littering, then we be patriotic and honest in corruption fight. Then we vote leaders with good agenda instead of political waves,ethnic or religious influences. Then then then then! There is alot this country needs to do
"Independence" has been such a great success. With developmernt aid of £42 million for Ethiopia. £5.8 million for Kenya, yet no say on governance, a bottomless pit of futility.
Just to put this into perspective... in 2020 this was 60 years ago. That's how quickly things can change. 60 years from today sijui kama kutakalika... there will be a new cbd.. no one will want to come to town.. many will have moved out into the new cities being developed. It will be referred to as the old town
Because the government only invested in one City for 50 years. If there was devolution since independence with no corruption then Mombasa should be the biggest City in Kenya with every town as developed as the current Nairobi.
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Whoever uploaded this thank you so much. Helps us who weren't there back then appreciate our country more. ❤
whoever recorded this deserves a national medal of honour.
This was really good to see. Clean Nairobi
It's the forward-thinking for me - the wide open spaces, abundant parking space, and the ease with which you could walk around. These guys built the city with the next 30-40 years in mind... Today it's a pale shadow of its former glory....
God thank you I got to see my old town in a video before my time.
I lived in Nairobi between 1963/1968. It is a pleasure revisiting the city through this short picture. The city fathers led by the then Mayer Charles Rubea kept the city clean and tidy. I'm 78 now but I don't think I am going to like the place if I happen to revisit.
sasa izi iko vibaya no lie.crowded and people do not care.
Please don't
As nostalgic as some people are for the old days. I still think Nairobi is one of my favourite African cities, for its convenienve, greenery, people and how safe it has gradually become since the 90s. Addis on the other hand....!
Nairobi safe???
@@vusumuzi_mathumo Safer
and the most unbelievable thing... drivers are slowing down for pedestrians
hakunamatata2000 cause were non African
No look how clean it is
Real vintage i love it
Things in Nairobi went south from eighties. However the parks were intact untill ninties. I mean city park with its famous mtego wa panya, central park with its well done lawns and flowers slides and swings for children and children traffic park. Uhuru park was known fpr boat rides and colouful fish ppds wirh all colours of fish. The round building in uhuru park was a chips centre.
Mediocrity, politics and corruption will kill the contemporary Nairobi. Can't believe Nairobi was once like this
Actually, it was once even better than that. It's what happens when golden geese are killed.
Much better than today.
Kabisaa
I wish I had grown up there in the 1960's.
OMG, me too!!
@@gathenyakamau3444 looks wonderful.
Same… And i hope you are well 🙂
Yes, my sympathy to you. Was really beautiful.
Brings back memories of the 1980s and early 1990s,my childhood.Nairobi was amazing in the 1960s wish I could have lived in that era.
It was less populated back then you could walk in the street freely without bumping into anyone
@@vusumuzi_mathumo must have been amazing back then.I was last in Nairobi in 2018 and it was so crowded and so hectic,people,buildings,traffic.
A very old mzungu told me it was better than London (not bigger) and looking at 60s London I agree.
Nairobi at that time was the True Green City in the Sun, Now it has been neglected by the politicians which is wrong.
What happened? Well we got two dictators from 1963-2002 who pretty much ran the country to the ground through impunity and corruption.
Don't forget this is archive footage from the colonial days !!
Exactly 😩😩😩😩😩😩😩
@@Leo15730 Really? Then why are kenyan flags flying? Such as at 6:35.
@@normanwells2755 ... You may have a point but don't forget celebrations were in full swing in the run up to towards independence in 1963 with massive display of National Flags on government buildings !!
@@Leo15730 That is not true this is in 1964 when Kenya got independence, in 1960 The Flag of the East African Protectorate was still flying until Kenya got independence in 1963 that is the time when the British flag has been removed, you can see not so many white British settlers were not around and also how Kenyans people were still fresh and Asians taking a good time too.
Love the Hotel at 10:17.I believe it's still stands today.
Where
f2 io ilibomolewa a few years ago.
Got demolished a few years ago remember seeing it in the 1980s and 1990s was great architecture.
Probably the best part for me was the Post Office Building where I used to stop by many times with my dad (for example at night to send a telegram or to get mail from a post office box or to get first day covers for a new issue of stamps or to pay a license fee for a TV/radio).
Awesome video.
Beautiful
ppl e of those time wear with respect i love this time with humble poeple
The Nairobi I knew as a teen
Thank God you are still alive
Wuee long time
I recognise the TOTAL Garage at 10:19. In 1990 it had become infamous 'New Florida Nightclub' in a Nairobi that had become shabbier, dirtier and a great deal more grubby than the one depicted in the Home Movie which appears to have been shot not very long after Independence.
I want those old cars !
It was very cold at times. My grand father told me. He was a train driver
My birth place !!
The population size makes a big difference.
There were 8 million Kenyans in the early 60s, today 50 million.
More people means more slums
Doesn't really justify the current neglect, because there's *more revenue* to collect!
@@RoneyNgala Barely. Only 2 million Kenyans pay the full range of taxes on an annual basis, the rest dodge everything except VAT.
And because most hardly consume anything more than food, VAT revenues are negligible.
I'm not saying corruption is good, it is not.
But Kenya is poor primarily because most Kenyans are stupid and prefer never to think
@@theturkanabus3610 People are busy making money and minding their own selfish welfare. Thinking and expanding of minds is a rare occurrence nowadays. Sadly true!
@@theturkanabus3610 hardly , theres the tax on petroleum that everyone pays. the money is being collected for sure.
that's very dumb analogy 😂😂😂😂
Wow it has really grown the closest to this currently maybe eldoret
Eldoret is far bigger and busier than this
Wow! unbelievable. that means Nairobi came into existence in 1900's??
Kwani hukufanya history?
@@ksubsnovideo-yv1qe 😂😂😂😂
Which statue is that at 5:24??
Those who say the city has not change or develop since then, just prove to us their racist tendency.
tejan kamara Wtf Racist? What does that even mean. How can Kenyans be racist to their city da faq
tejan kamara ;you must have learned those two words (racist, tendency) not too long ago.
Before the curse of Matatu and Boda Boda 😂😂😂
it is something new leaders can borrow instead of politicking
wazazi wetu walikua maushago...
Much as i dislike colonialism, Nairobi looked clean and organized back then under the whites than it is today with corrupt and lawless locals
Very true! As Trump said Africa needs to be re-colonised as our do called 'leaders' ain't doing a very good job!!
@@gathenyakamau3444 you’ve gone mad
@@NarutoUzumaki-qr7un or maybe she just has a high iq and accepts the reality that humans are all different and some are better at things then others
@@famitsus987 under colonisation native African populations suffered if africa was left alone we would do much better
@@NarutoUzumaki-qr7un it’s literally left alone now and it’s a complete trash place stop lying u are in denial
There was actually sun in the 60's
If we should fix our transport system and not have boda bodas and matatus just operating any how. Then impose tough laws on dumping and littering, then we be patriotic and honest in corruption fight. Then we vote leaders with good agenda instead of political waves,ethnic or religious influences. Then then then then! There is alot this country needs to do
God bless africa for black people
Hiyo hilikwa mji msafi kuliko jinsi hilivyo hivi Sasa
Government Infrastructure ceased in 1963, now it's least important
"Independence" has been such a great success. With developmernt aid of £42 million for Ethiopia. £5.8 million for Kenya, yet no say on governance, a bottomless pit of futility.
Curious to know who constructed those buildings and laid the roads. Was it done during so called colonial time
Those were the days...
Yes. Colonial Days !!
Nairobi is still beautiful. It just needs a little face lift, and we will be back to the good old days like we never left.
Plzz stop it
@@autorepair2321 Thanks for putting in some sense before s/he continued.
As days go by so is the insanity going up, Nairobi today is something else
Perhaps some day all the slums will be cleared and it will be made like it once was again.
@@AnnaTheCymro1914I'm praying for that to manifest.
@@IceChampakaWolf888 God willing it does happen
Nairobi is mama wuangu where I was born
Nairobi looks first-world, the streets are clean and wide, and there is hardly any traffic. what happened? we have gone backwards.
My grandma was 6 yeas old
It's a shame looking at the current Nairobi. Hopefully NMS can bring some sense of sanity back.
Mahn look how clean it was
I have seen my Grandfather 🙂🙂
I wonder where are those people now are they still alive
Still alive & going strong - loved growing up in Nairobi with holidays in Mombasa - magic :)
Still alive though every time I visit Kenya I can't stand the current deplorable state of my childhood city.
Town Planning existed then...now it's just gross...
They never seem to know the exact year
It looked like some European country
yes so many white people walking around the city
damn what happend nairobi??
blacks
white people left lol
I love Nairobi in 2023. Thank God for independence, at least from old Nairobi we evolved 😊
Just to put this into perspective... in 2020 this was 60 years ago. That's how quickly things can change. 60 years from today sijui kama kutakalika... there will be a new cbd.. no one will want to come to town.. many will have moved out into the new cities being developed. It will be referred to as the old town
Not far from the truth
It was richer than Seoul at that time. So, some may think Kenya is richer than South Korea....
True...kenya was top 5 in africa in terms of development in the 60's and 70's...right now we are about to be kicked out of the top 10 list😬
am here in 2020 wah 24 yrs old me ahaha
Before the villagers invaded the city
The problem today is that every single kenyan is heading to Nairobi,.Why??...jazeni jiji kabisa
The population will be 47 million people by 2100
The population will be 47 million by 2100
Because the government only invested in one City for 50 years. If there was devolution since independence with no corruption then Mombasa should be the biggest City in Kenya with every town as developed as the current Nairobi.
@@manguutv596 the population of where
@@fatumahassan364 nairobi
I can see madhouse night club is too old
the time when land grabbers got away with millions of Acres of land
Lol now with out those so called land grabbers it’s completely fallen apart well done
@@famitsus987 --cool bro
land grabbers are still here, this time its not the whites that are looting, its our own African leaders
It can’t be 1960 , what’s up with those East African countries flags.
My dad who is 64was born
Nairobi was beautiful city ,but now it is worst.
you mean worst in the world.. or worst it has ever been? 🙄
I Seen Themes Stupid Car's😂Around 1980🙈When. Those Car's gets broken. To pushed themes it Whose Another Stories. Coz You have to Working had.🙈
moi avenue looks goood man , nowadays its an eyesore , all those ugly cyber and tattoo barners bana
Where's the narration 🤔⁉️
In colonial times man exploited man. Now it's the other way around.
Hahaha
No these looks like a European country
Aboko are you blind like fr😮😂 you can see even startue of Kenyatta
No much progress, and it's been more than 50 years.
Ma Nugu spoilt kenya nugu the government
🇰🇪. 🇬🇧🇬🇧 KENYA IT'S BETTER COLONIAL BRITISH COULD BE HERE UNTIL NOW CURRENTLY IT'S 2024 WE'VE CORRUPT LEADERS 🇬🇧🇬🇧 .....if things could change British come back to KENYA 🇰🇪