What Happened to the law of ten percent being left in all subdivisions to social ammenities like schools? It very weard that there are no schools in Kiambu road yet all that land has been subdivided. A growing town like Ruaka has no health centre, police station or any public school. Roads are very narrow just like foot paths and yet the council are collecting taxes but cannot implement simple thing like this.

The roads in some parts of Ruaka are too narrow even village foot paths are not that bad. Some are exactly the width of one car. You can be hijacked there in a heartbeat! You can even be blocked with a wheelbarrow! Every new building encroaches a few more metres than the one next to it! And this is replicated in very many other estates in Nairobi. It's like a jungle. People do whatever the feel like - provided you can grease a few hands! Very sad! There was a very nice playing field for a long time in Buruburu phase III for example. In one go the land was grabbed, subdivided and fellows built (different looking) houses. They even did gates for the 'new' court which blocked access to the genuine houses/courts. And what was done? Nothing! Everyone was in bed with everyone else (for the crooks) and genuine home owners can't get very far with their complaints. And that is why it's aptly called Nairobbery! Which extends to K-Robbery (Kenya Robbery!). Useless thugs all over!!

You totally did not get the point!!! Let's see if this helps...

The government should start addressing this small issues because later on they become social problem. Good planning go hand and hand with security. How do they expect children to survive without playing grounds. During our days every village had its own community ground.

Zoning.......i have seen several highrise apartments going up in Ngoingwa, thika. Another nice estate is about to bite the dust!!

The problem is that now people are just buying a big parcel of land, subdividing it into 1/8ths and selling off with no consideration for roads, amenities etc. The last thing I'm going to do is live in such a set up. I want to live in a nicely planned municipality with good roads, nature trails, shopping center, manicured lawns, near offices, cool restaurants etc all the works - 1st world living.
I think if Tatu City, Garden City or Two Rivers or any other finally pulls it off it will be pretty obvious that it's a better alternative than buying a plot which is built without any macro considerations about quality of life etc.
I have a friend with a nice home in Runda who can't even go out at night because the journey back home is so far and in the middle of nowhere. So every time he has to go out he sleeps away from home. Shoddy planning, shoddy life.
I'll be happy living in a nice apartment with a common pool, nature trail, nature park, movie theatre near, restaurants, offices and hospital nearby, java nearby etc than living in a mansion in the middle of nowhere.

Todays Nation, Kiambu to be zoned