A section of Ring Road, Kileleshwa [Photo: Wilberforce Okwiri]A customs official with a lucrative government agency landed a Sh23 million windfall from a ‘business deal’ in August 2016. High-density areas are for low-income earners and low-density areas are for high-income earners, meaning there are additional costs to living in places with evergreen trees even during dry spells. But city zoning laws that have informed planning are currently under pressure due to population explosion. The previous rezoning exercise was carried out in 2004 and opened up parts of Kileleshwa, Kilimani, Woodley and Parklands. According to the then Kenya Property Developers Association chairperson Mucai Kunyiha, rezoning some of Nairobi’s posh areas was inevitable.

Source: Standard Digital December 28, 2020 06:56 UTC