Month: March 2022

The commercial development area is a setup design for business purposes situated at Kilifi. It has a large supermarket,  4no. retail shops and 4no.toilets

It has an ample car parking, spacious carwash, well designed service station and a pit stop.

The well presented 4 bedroom house design prides of a large garage for urban setup. it has a spacious living room with a double volume space, dinning area with single staircase lead from the entrance to the 4 bedrooms which are located on the first floor. It has a spacious closet kitchen with separate enclosed kitchen pantry.

GROUND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

It has a separately shared toilet located on the ground floor, It has a sun roof library. The guest room, spacious laundry area and TV room all complete the rest of the ground floor.

 

The 3 bedroom house is designed for urban or rural setup. It  has a spacious lounge with  6 seater dining area, spacious closet kitchen

Have a master bedroom ensuit . The other two bedrooms have a shared separate bathroom and toilet. It is also designed with large windows for proper air circulation

 

Steel.

In January 2022, President Uhuru Kenyatta banned trading in scrap metal. This affected local steel producing companies hence steel prices doubled . Rebar size D8 sold for kes 550 per bar in January. In March, the price has nearly doubled to kes 950 . Prices should come down if President Uhuru Kenyatta rescinds the decision to ban scrap metal dealings.

Cement.

Simba Cement, which is the largest producer of cement in Kenya after acquisition of Athi River Mining cement company, produces 2.7million tons per year followed by Bamburi cement at 2.1million tons per year.

Simba cement produces its cement clinker locally while the rest of the competition, Bamburi, Savannah, EAPL import clinker. The importation of clinker has been affected by the covid pandemic situation where there are shipping delays internationally hence the shortage of cement currently being witnessed.

Simba cement production has been slowed down by the huge import of clinker by Savannah, Bamburi and EAPortland cement companies. https://www.kahawatungu.com/national-cement-company-sacks-860-employees-emali-factory/

This imbalance has resulted to the current cement shortages whereby cement price has jumped from a low of kes 500 per bag in January 2022 to current March 2022 prices of kes 700 per bag.

These problems will cease once the Kenya Government Ministry of Trade comes in to help resolve the cement wars.

Devki

Coincidentally, both Simba Cement and Devki steel are the leading cement and steel producers in Kenya and owned by Narendra Raval.

Architect Francis Gichuhi Kamau.

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