Tired of paying rent in Nairobi, rush is on to buy homes in Kitengela
A house developed by Royal Finesse, a gated community comprising 78 houses complete with social amenities, located along the busy Kitengela-Namanga Highway. PHOTO | COURTESY
Records shows that Kitengela, which has infrastructural challenges, especially on its feeder roads, began as The Kitengela Group Ranch, which was subdivided in early 1990s in an attempt by the government to encourage private land ownership in pastoral communities with the aim of intensifying and commercialising livestock production.
Since the subdivision of the group ranch, land fragmentation and sales have continued at a steady and escalating pace, attracting private developers, especially from Nairobi. The population of Kitengela has more than doubled in the last 15 years.
Kitengela is among the fastest growing towns on the outskirts of Nairobi. And like other towns in Kajiado County, it has benefited from the city’s rapid growth.
Located about 30km South of Nairobi, the areas’ economy was, until a few years ago, mainly dependent on livestock keeping among the pastoralist Masai herders. Wildlife was also common on the surrounding plains, some of which border the Nairobi National Park.
