Landlords feel the pinch as rains ruin roads in Nairobi

Sewage flood road and residential house at the new Donholm Estate in Nairobi on October 12, 2017 after heavy down pour. The main sewer line has become a permanent menace to residents. (Photo: Edward Kiplimo/Standard)

It is late Saturday afternoon and Geoffrey Mong’are leans on the wall near an open gate at one of the houses he manages in Telaviv area in Embakasi, Nairobi. Wearing a black rain coat, mud-stained gumboots and a faded black cap, Mong’are takes out his phone and makes a call.

“Hello. Wanaenda. Wacha waende tu (They are leaving. Just let them go),” he says, and then looks at the lady, who with the help of a cart puller, is busy loading items onto the carrier parked beside the gate.