Nairobi’s darkest estate: Where tenants use torches during the day

Pipeline estate

• At Pipeline estate Nairobi, residents use torches even in daylight
• Most of the buildings in the estate have very little space between them
• None of the buildings in the estate has approvals from the NCA

Residents of the high-rise building in sections of Pipeline estate have become used to challenges such as poor lighting.

Irene Wairimu says most residents prefer renting houses on the third floor and above because the lower floors have no natural lighting.