- Houses were going for under 80k (yes 80,000 kshs only) in 1973. Whoever says mugunda is a poor investment should check the prices of one of these houses in buru today (despite all the chaos in this estate) and revert to us

- Well designed but mired by corruption (in allocations) from day one

- The usual land grabbers moved in and caused chaos

- Original houses still look OK but extensions and overpopulation messing it up.

-Each resident needs to do a better job of maintaining their house before complaining that there are no services. Are no services from the county an excuse for you to have a weatherbeaten house with construction garbage strewn behind it and the house has not been re-painted since 1973?

This is why strict enforcement of all bylaws is necessary. No extensions should be allowed and the SANYs should move in on the playground grabbers.

And why do the courts take 15 years to sort out a playground grabbing case? Maraga should jail judges who take this long. Justice delayed is justice denied.

Provides good lessons for new upcoming estates and suburbs of Nairobi on what NOT to do in future IMHO.

Ni hayo maoni yangu tu

Kudos to the young man doing this area code series. Good research and very interesting stuff.

-80k is the equivalent of 10m that is now the standard for decent middle class home. Those are not migunda they are well-planned real estate investment. Taking a mortgage for it made a lot of sense.

-The population of nairobi tehn was tiny less than 1m for a current population of 5m. Buru was not going to remain the same so the extensions were going to built to accommodate the extra "watu wa kucome"

-Extensions were done with approval of Kanjo. There was need to increase the density in some of these which were serviced with sewer, water etc. The extra population has not strained services. The problem was the design of extensions which did not blend in. That's a problem of the architects and home owners who did not have enough capital.

-Income levels got a real battering during the economic recession of late 80's and 90s which explains the weather-beaten houses. A lot of the young folks left for diaspora or to other posh neighborhoods leaving the place to decay.

-As pointed out in the video the old parents needed extensions as form of pension. Most of the parents are now dying out or relocating to shagz which created some urban renewal among the younger generation who are insisting on minimum decent standard for the neighborhoods. Too bad for the vibanda people.

-There is now a gentrification trend in the older Nairobi estates where new buyers are moving in and renovating the houses to give a fresh look. Original houses were well designed and built to British standards all that needs changing is the interiors and roofing. I have seen some beautiful manicured lawns in the video plus sonko has been demolishing the vibandas so there is hope for regeneration of this hood.

-The best thing I like about buru the sense of community plus people still use public transport and are quite okay. There is a buru culture which evident from the pimping of the ganyas.

Ni hayo maonin yangu tu

When you do 5000 housing units in that dustbowl we can talk. Stop showing us the same pics every time. That is a very small estate. This is the real picture of investing in suburbia.

Unfortunately we never learn. That mzee has said that some people were allocated more than one houses...I can wager my bollocks(both of em) that this will happen with H.E. Uhuru's social housing where some wazuans will elbow out wanjiku and other walala hoi using their financial muscle and buy 5 houses through corruption

This video has actually vindicated me on what i have strongly opposed....building houses vi holela holela without a care and also why i believe it is the government role to provide housing(especially in shithole countries like Kenya) whereby greedy landlords are lurking like a whiff of fresh mavi to exploit wananchi.

You keep claiming one thing but your statements betray something else. What estate did your PYT live in and when were you last there to see her?