Olengai Katani or ‘the place of God’ in Maasai, is row housing on Mombasa Road according residents a club house, green spaces, integrated solar lighting and heating systems, good natural ventilation, day lighting and modest green spaces in front and at the back of the house.
The short green hedges instead of high concrete walls brings back the debates from the 1960s of safety and security, particularly on the aspect of active surveillance by the residents whose eyes are on the street as one of the key ways of ensuring safety. The development has its own water supply.
