evidence: Lolwe estate in Kisumu, formerly a deserted bush, is experiencing a construction explosion since private developers moved into the area less than five years ago. Located adjacent to the upper middle class Kenya-Re and Migosi estates, things in Lolwe have never been the same. [...] The constructions in Lolwe will make a difference as 60 per cent of residents in Kisumu live in informal settlements mainly in Nyalenda, Manyatta and Obunga. Lolwe’s infrastructure has also benefited from the Council’s initiative to install streetlights and tarmacked roads in areas where investors are developing residential houses. [...] Most children in Lolwe go to Mbita Academy Junior School in the posh Kenya Re estate less than 500 metres away.