Khartoum Nairobi Erda makes the beauty – the face of the truth – ✍️ Ibrahim shaqlawi
During my recent visit to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, as part of a participating delegation in a workshop for the Eastern Nile Basin, the trip was an opportunity to contemplate and compare two realities: one saw transformation and investments in development and stability and the other sounded its place because of conspiracy, conflicts and the absence of vision.
Nairobi looks like a living model for a modern planning state of planning, which has been able to combine urban beauty with intelligent solutions and effective infrastructure. The city, which was originally a station in 1899, is today one of the economically fastest African capitals.
The adoption of the intelligent financing model for infrastructure projects which allows the implementation of huge projects without the State (BOT).
This is a mechanism that is based on a partnership between the private sector and the government, which allows the implementation of main infrastructure projects without the state to support its costs directly. When an investor to finance and build the project then manages him for a contained period, during which he recovers his investment by costs or operational yields, before the project belongs entirely to the State.
This system is an intelligent way to stimulate investment, reduce pressure on the general budget and ensure the quality and sustainability of the services provided.
This was clearly shown on the roads and the suspended bridges in Nairobi, which actually dealt with the problem of the congestion of traffic. The citizen has two options: use the highway for free or pay for the use of advanced infrastructure to save time and comfort. This system does not only mean efficiency, but also reflects respect for freedom of choice and a direct link between service and its value.
During our tour, it was impossible to ignore the high constellations, modern markets and leisure areas, which attend a clear flow of foreign and local capital. The central question that has imposed itself: how did Kenya, a sister in geography and history, managed to attract investments and to use it with this craft?
The answer lies in vision, planning and commitment to the law. These three elements constitute the infrastructure of all urban and economic renaissance. The laws are respectable, not penetrated by favoritism, the vision is clear, which is impatiently awaiting the future, and the executive plans are realistic and precise schedules.
On the other hand, we find Khartoum, our national capital, dying urban despite its enormous natural and human ingredients. It is enough to meet the water of the blue and white Nile, in an exquisite aesthetic plate, which could have been formulated in the form of an urban masterpiece which put the pipe in the ranks of international capitals. But the lack of vision, planning and chaos faced with this dream for many years.
Perhaps what remains a glimmer of hope is the current conversation in decision-making circles on the creation of a new capital. The team committee, Ibrahim Jaber, has already started to refer to this idea, but we are still waiting for declarations to turn into urban plans and conceptions that affect imagination and move hope, because the capacities are not built with political will, but by creativity, intelligent administration and effective partnerships.
In this context, these days will be held in Moscow the joint ministerial meeting between Sudan and Russia, led by the Minister of Minerals of the Sudanese Party and the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment on the Russian side, and with the participation of representatives of the Ministries and the economic sectors of the two countries.
Despite the technical nature of Reunion, it is a real test of the ability of Sudan to return to the table of international partnerships, as a partner which offers attractive projects in fields such as reconstruction, infrastructure and mining. In addition, this opportunity can be converted into a bridge to attract qualitative investments thanks to intelligent forms of funding, such as that which Nairobi has successfully adopted in its urban Renaissance.
The new capital, if I want it to be a turning point, cannot be separated from a flexible foreign policy, which is based on national interest and employs Sudan international relations to serve a real development project according to a modern style.
Today, the world is full of mobile capital, which is looking for stable environments, a clear vision and reliable partnership models. And Sudan, if it really wants to create a new capital, must create a specialized device to attract investments, offers investors ready -to -use projects to innovative conceptions and gives them incentives to motivate them to conclude long -term partnerships.
What Sudan needs at this stage is a new central spirit to manage the state. The capital is the embodiment of the spirit of the political system, the effectiveness of the administration and the integrity of the decision. It is a mirror in which the image of the State is reflected before its citizens and in front of the world. Nairobi, despite his ambiguous challenges, presented a model that proves that urban transformation is not a miracle, but the product of a clear political will, a disciplined institutional spirit and a intelligent partnership with the private sector.
What we are pursuing today according to the face of truth is not only a transition, but rather an opportunity to redefine the pipe as an intelligent governance and planning center and the active regional role. If we want a new capital, let’s start to build a rule of law, competence and transparency. Then, the capital, whatever its location, will be a sincere reflection of a people who still believe in the future and deserves to have a capital proud of it.
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Thursday September 25, 2025 ad shglawi55@gmail.com
