Why Katani is not growing as fast as nearby Syokimau

 Residential buildings pictured in Katani, Machakos County, on January 24, 2026.

Photo credit: Bonface Bogita | Nation Media Group

Darius Masenge, who has lived in Katani, a growing middle-class estate near Syokimau off Nairobi’s Mombasa Road, for 13 years, says the area’s transformation has been dramatic.

Even so, he believes growth could have been faster, and more attractive to major developers, had infrastructure improved earlier and quarry activity been less extensive.

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