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Why the rich are shunning Kileleshwa

A section of Ring Road Kileleshwa taken on 20th January 2015. [PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/STANDARD]

Nairobi: A running joke has it that the upwardly mobile Nairobian, starts off in Eastlands estates like Umoja, works his way to Buruburu or Langata Road and on to Kileleshwa on his way up. In the grander scheme of things, Kileleshwa was a posh estate, and it still is relatively well off but all this is going south.

A few years ago, Kileleshwa was one of Kenya’s most affluent neighbourhoods occupied mainly by high-ranking State officials who lived in magnificent bungalows set on one or more acres with compounds boasting well-manicured lawns, exotic trees and flowers.

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