State five factors that contributed to the growth of Nairobi city in Kenya

      

State five factors that contributed to the growth of Nairobi city in Kenya

  

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Partson
- Availability of water
- Construction of the Kenya- Uganda railway – it acted as a railway depot
- Was centrally placed- acted as intersection of different transport routes
- Trading activities
- Establishment of administrative posts/ military posts
- Good climate suitable for farming and settlement
- Cool temperatures which favoured the European settlement
- Flat land suitable for railway workshops hence encouraged settlements

Partson254 answered the question on June 29, 2018 at 04:55


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