And residents of this affluent neighbourhood are unable to get much help from the police due to administrative overlaps.

Ongata police chief Silas Ringera, under whose jurisdiction falls Kiserian, the nearest station to Nalepo, said he could not end crime in the estate because it is under Ngong division.

And Ngong police chief Farah Mohammed said he had not received any reports of crime in Nalepo, adding: “If it is there, let residents come to me and report it. Let them make formal complaints to me.”

One resident, Reuben Matthews said a lawyer neighbour stayed in his new house for less than 24 hours in 2005. He was attacked the same night he moved in after spending almost two years constructing the house.

“The next morning, he packed his belongings and left and has never been seen since. It is like nobody is interested in buying the house so it has been left to a worker,” said Mr Matthews.