Thika’s Changing Face: Entertainment Hubs, Real Estate, Education.
As
the working day buzz subsides with the nightfall, bars and
entertainment spots are a beehive of activity, Thika Town on a Friday
night has come to life.
As you approach the town from the busy Garrisa
Road a tent which has been pitched outside Club Brown Bottle is visible
this is to accommodate the huge turn out of revellers and as you
approach the Kenyatta Highway roundabout on you left is a long queue of
revellers waiting to be screened by the mean looking ‘bouncers’ as they
enter Club Zinc, as you alight the Matatu at the near the Thika Arcade
terminus a huge crowd is gathered opposite at Mama Ngina drive another
entertainment joint known as Club Leo’s there is a popular musician
performing and the loud music blaring is evident that the town does not
sleep.
Further down the street is newly opened Klub Beat House another
entertainment joint where revellers frequent. Within the CBD we have a
couple of entertainment joints such as Thorntons, Legends,
Fulilia,Porkies Garden,The Maze,Motions Sports Club which are always
filled up with revellers mostly comprising of college and university
students and the yet to be opened Tamasha Thika all conveniently located
within the Town. Downtown Thika has its fair share of
entertainment joints with the spacious Nanazi Paradise hotel topping the
list, however of all the entertainment establishments in Thika, Klub
Image is the clear winner with the huge laser light mounted
on the top of the building beaming across the town at night can be
viewed as far as Makongeni Estates in the outskirts of Thika.
The completion of the Thika Super Highway has been viewed as the key reason as
to why real estate development firms have sent up shop in the town due
to the convenience that the super highway creates making it easier for
residents to commute from Nairobi to Thika using less time. Thika’s
strategic location has enabled developers to come up with ideas on how
to integrate real estate development with other amenities such as
shopping malls, golf courses, leisure facilities at an affordable price
range as opposed to Nairobi or any other place. The growing demand for
residential places by the ever increasing middle class who are hunting
for accommodation outside the busy city of Nairobi is another reason as
to why the real estate business is booming in Thika as they regard the
town as a serene and quite. With various real estate investor already
pitching tent in Thika the likes of Thika Greens, Buffalo Hills, Sunrise
Estate, Kisii Estates, to attract potential dwellers . Housing units
such as Kimathi,
Starehe,Majengo,Magoko,Starehe,Ziwani,Jamhuri,Ofafa,Section9,Section2,Bondeni,Makongeni
still maintain the old look of Thika town.
The education sector was also reaped from this growth
with institutions of higher learning such as Mount Kenya University
Thika Campus changing the face of General Kago road a road which in the
latter years was a deserted area, Gresta University situated along the
busy Garisa road is another institution of higher learning where
students from within Thika have enrolled to study because of its
convenience not forgetting mid-level colleges such as Jodan College,
Uzuri Institute, Thika Institute of Business, GakeoCollege, Excel
Institute of Professional studies, Kenya Institute of Management, among
others have set up shop in Thika as they compete with each other to win
students.
The
face of Thika town and its environs has changed thus presenting a
challenge in restructuring its infrastructure to fit in the demands of
the town dwellers.
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