Formerly posh Donholm estate turning into ‘slum’

In some parts of Donholm, cases of tap water getting mixed with sewage are common, while some parts have no water at all.

Donholm estate is the oldest amongst the Eastlands lower-middle-income estates such as Umoja, Kayole, Greenfields, Savannah, Buru Buru and Tennah on Outering Road. It was founded by James Kerr Watson, a white settler who christened Donholm in the early 1900s. It was initially a 4,600-acre farm in the 1900s and stretched from City Stadium to where Donholm estate sits today. It was in Donholm that Kenya’s first cattle dip was constructed and an experiment against East Coast Fever done. It was the area where the first breeds of Ayrshire cows, named after Watson’s birthplace, Ayr, were first bred in East Africa, earning Watson many trophies, including a prestigious Gold Cup from the East Africa Standard.

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