now that thika golf estates and suraya are developing huge estates in thika, will it be the new nairobi? me thinks its part of the real estate bubble that will burst soon..

The super highway will definately open up Thika. But it will need new and massive economic activities before it becomes a small 'nairobi'.

Just a thought - is the sewerage and water system being developed/expanded in tandem with the new hosuing developments?

It takes a lot of investment to put up the water and especially sewerage network. From my reading of the thika water and sewerage company( and indeed any kenyan water company), it is unlikely that they will have the funds to lay the sewer network.

The water reforms ran into headwinds: Resistance form councilors, lack of funds, poor work ethic (ex-council staff), high loss of water (unaccounted for water), poor collections etc. But IMHO, they water sector is much better now.

So the developers will have to sort the issue themselves and offcourse load it on the house price.

Let's not forget that lots of people will also keep off due to the safety factor...we recall the 'evictions' following the post elections violence. Hence Ruai, Kitengela, etc will be a safer bet.

The muranga & karatina fellows are operating from their shags and will have no reason to move to thika and pay rent or build new houses