Donholm Estate is the oldest amongst Umoja, Kayole, Greenfields, Savannah , Bururburu and Tena all along Outer Ring Road. The residential houses project began in the 1980’s and however the vast property development initiated much much earlier by James Kerr Waston, a white settler who christened it Donholm in the early 1900’s. The estate was initially a 4,600 acre farm in the 1900s, stretching all the...
They are known locally as the leafy suburbs where residents eat life with a big spoon. Living in any of the affluent neighbourhoods in the city is said to enhance one’s standing in society and result in better health and general well-being. For example, an individual’s motivation to exercise can be boosted by living in a neighborhood that has safe areas for walking, jogging or cycling. Conversely,...
A long Jogoo Road, a few metres from the bus stage dubbed Kwa Odinga by residents of Jerusalem Estate in Nairobi’s Eastlands area stands a house whose neighbours share memories of one of the country’s prominent families. Children play in an open space overlooking the house in the neighbourhood of Dr Livingstone Primary School that the doyen of opposition politics in Kenya and former vice president,...
If you do not feel safe, no matter where you live, you will not be a happy tenant. Even if you live in a leafy neighbourhood that has running water all day-long, has a sewerage system that works, or is near amenities such as schools, hospitals and one-stop malls, if you do not feel secure when you go to sleep at night, you will be a dissatisfied homeowner. Several years ago, residents of Ngei Phase II in...
Ongata Rongai bus operators are the reason the narrow road is prone to traffic jam. Bus operators in the area reportedly hire boda bodas riders to update them on the whereabouts of traffic cops and when it’s ‘safe’ to overlap. The boda boda operators are paid Sh100 for every update, a fact which was revealed during a recent meeting on how best to deal with the endless jams after Saccos failed...
A huge fire has been reported at the lower side of Ngara Market in Nairobi. According to photos and videos shot at the scene, billows of smoke could be seen invading the sky from more than a kilometre away. The smoke filled the air as residents tried to put out the flames before the emergency services arrived. At the time of this reporting, the cause of the inferno...
The 'Proposed Nairobi River Pollution Control Action Plan' is set to act on or demolish several factories, estates and malls that have encroached on riparian land or have been discharging effluents into the river. NEMA currently is recruiting 100 environmental inspectors, 50 police officers and crime scene officers to implement its laws. Two tanneries in Industrial Area have been ordered...
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