Dr Mwangi says the gated community craze has become a Kenyan class problem, an attempt to replicate posh estates like Muthaiga, Runda and Evergreen because of the need for security and exclusivity.

There’s a truth to this statement when one meets Ronald Meru, chairman of the Muthaiga Golf Club. His two phones are in an endless buzz as he artfully dashes to attend to each of them.