The demolition of apartments in Umoja 2 Kwa Chief recently reignited debate about encroachment on public land in Nairobi. For years, road reserves, riparian zones, and utility corridors have been treated as free land by opportunistic developers and desperate buyers. But the bulldozers always return. And when they do, millions of shillings in investments are lost, tenants are displaced, and trust in the...
Nairobi Housing Trends 2025: Nairobi’s housing story is one of contrast. Estates like Buruburu were once models of urban planning — uniform houses, children’s playgrounds, social halls, and green belts. Today, most neighborhoods have descended into disorder, with public spaces swallowed up by parking lots and ad hoc extensions. At the same time, prime suburbs such as Kilimani and Westlands are...
Kenya is urbanising fast, but a surprising amount of land inside and around our cities sits idle—bought by investors who wait for roads, metros or new zoning to push prices up. This practice—commonly called land banking—is often presented as a sensible long-term investment. Yet when scaled across peri-urban Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and fast-growing satellite towns, it becomes a structural drag on...
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