Tatu City – Ruiru

Tatu City – Ruiru

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Tatu City is a mixed-use environment that will be home to 62 000 residents who will live, work and play within this community and it will host 23 000 visitors every single day.

Background

Nairobi, the largest multicultural city in Kenya, has a population of over three million people. It lies between Kampala and Mombasa, close to the Rift Valley. To the east are the Ngong hills, to the north Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro to the south-east. The Masai Mara and Amboselli game reserves are within easy reach.

Nairobi’s airport, Jomo Kenyatta International, is the largest and busiest in East and Central Africa – with over 49 airlines servicing the Kenyan market. The Eastern Bypass highway, currently under construction, will link the airport to Tatu City.

But with the rapid growth of the recent decades Nairobi has suffered the effects of unconstrained urbanization. The city fathers are now faced with one of two challenges:

  • Rebuild major parts of the city, with all the disruption this involves, or
  • Create a new, modern urban node, as envisaged in the Nairobi Metro 2030 Plan, which encourages relocation of both commercial and residential developments outside of the CBD.

The above challenges are what led the team involved to come up with the idea of ‘Tatu City’.

Tatu City is a nodal development – each node contains distinct facilities including open spaces and public environments interconnected by a public transport system as well as pedestrian walkways. The following are the key characteristics:-

  • Low Density Residential Neighbourhoods
  • Medium to High Density Residential Neighbourhoods
  • Primary & Secondary Urban Nodes
  • Central Business Spine
  • Mixed Use Spine
  • Suburban Business Nodes
  • Tourism & Conference Facilities
  • Light Industrial, Warehousing & Infrastructure

Tatu City promises to offer a first-world support infrastructure incorporating the following:

  • Paved Roads & Walkways
  • Potable Water Supply System
  • First World Sanitation
  • Solid Waste Disposal Systems
  • Electricity Supply Systems

A total of ten development phases are envisaged – some of these could be developed simultaneously, as demand requires. The starting point of the entire development concept is the environment, with over 35% of the land set aside for natural green belts. A further 15% has been earmarked for world-class infrastructure development.

The primary focus will be Phase 1 A which comprises the development of the Primary Urban Node, the high density residential precinct directly north of the node as well as a portion of the Tourism and Conference Precinct to the south of the east-west arterial.

Phase 1 B, which lies to the west of Phase One A, comprises of the Techno Park as well as a Low Density Residential Neighbourhood.

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1 COMMENT

  1. great vision.
    i hope the local professionals in the Architectural Engineering and Construction industry will not be marginalized on this opportunity. if this project comes to fruition Kenya will be in the right trajectory in development……..out of curiosity where is the financing coming from?

  2. This is a great idea on the direction Nairobi metropolitan development should take, the Nairobi city fathers are so occupied by grabbing the public resources of the city, the private sector should show them how things are done ,congrats to the investors for the great vision.

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  4. Replacing a coffee plantation with a concrete jungle is another great idea.The neighbouring folks who had been trashed to peasantly in the colonial coffee farms might have something to smile about.Go Tatu go!Kenya is proud of you.

    • I love the idea of building good sustainable metropolis, but your argument about replacing coffee plantation, another major source of employment and export earnings is a bad argument, we can have both, have cities grow in areas that are not major agricultural areas and develop the coffee plantations to process coffee into finished products which we can export creating jobs.

    • we welcom more like opportuninties soonest,they gona boost job opportunities thus lifting our limping economy.

  5. Its a fantastic project, and I wish it all the best…the only challenge left therefore would be the scandals trying to dog this development and the rigidity of its investors and local authorities. I hope the artists’ impressions won’t remain just that, but will be transformed into a true model for not just Africa, but the world. Lets see local, homegrown architects push the boundaries of possibilities and the imagination….

  6. kudos on the vision..its definately the right step 2wards vision 2030 n becomin a developed country.however the idea of displacing coffee farmers is not right.arent there huge chunks of land that have no use?i think pros n cons should be evaluated and an amicable solution reached.

  7. We need such projects in kenya,however,there should a more cost effective design to cater for the middle/low class citizens of this country.

  8. It is a good idea to start such a city it will deconjest the already conjested nairobi city and of cause
    creat some jobs within

    Go go tatu city we surpport you.

  9. Fantastic Development,and oprtunities for all,and in keeping in with the East frican Hub,can only lift the Region both Economically and socially.

    Regards

    Ian Black
    Area Manager
    East and Central Africa

    KSB Pumps and Valves

  10. don’t forget the poor who are living in the slams. this tatu city is again going to accommodate the rich and the high profiled citizens. i hop there are going to be a section for the minimal paid and less fortunate Kenyans. other wise God bless the plan

  11. Is it bicycle friendly? If Europe and the U.S are anything to go by, then bicycling is the way to commute in the future (for small, compact cities, at least).If we’re going to imitate the West, we might as well imitate the positive. I know that Black Mambas aren’t exactly the “in thing,” (some drivers find bikers annoying) but they are environmentally friendly, and could work for Tatu as well as Nairobi (both the CBD and the outskirts).

    We would need legislation to ensure the safety of bicyclists, and some additional urban planning to allow for bike lanes. Additional advantage of bicycles: they can help us cut down on the amount of money we spend on fuel oil.

    • I wouldn’t deal with this company. Once dealt with them. They are unreliable and once they have your money they don’t deliver the goods. They are fraudsters

  12. We wanted development,we are being answered as evident by various developments especially around Nairobi.Kenyans are paying for it as all these is happening simultaneously with the increasing cost of living.Now in regards to the social and environmental cost is TATU CITY really worth it??

  13. This is a fantastic idea. Its the way forward to a achieving modernization for a country like Kenya. Anybody opposed to this idea should go back to the forests & do hunting and gathering where we came from. It is a noble idea so long as Tatu city will compensate any person currently living adjacent who will be affected by their city in one way or another. This is unavoidable.

  14. By achieving this, as taxpayers we really appreciate seeing where our money goes.

    Kudos to the government of Kenya.

    Najivunia kuwa mkenya

  15. Good plan, but let it not be a plan of missusing taxpayers money or another loop hole for corruption. Good idea and keep it up KENYA A BLESSED NATION.

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