Kamakis: the suburb still holding on to its village soul

A view of residential buildings at Kamakis, Kiambu County, on May 7, 2026. Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group

On any given afternoon at Kamakis Corner, smoke curls out of busy nyama choma joints, waiters hurry between wooden tables, balancing trays of roast meat and beer. A few metres away, trucks loaded with construction materials squeeze past shoppers and boda bodas before disappearing into new gated estates where workers put finishing touches on new maisonettes.

Just behind one of the modern homes, however, pigs roll in the mud beside a small kitchen garden, and chickens cluck in a nearby coop.

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