Singer Guardian Angel Starts Mabati Houses Silver Apartments

Kenyan gospel musician Audiphaxad Peter Omwaka, known as Guardian Angel, has begun raising fifteen iron sheet homes on a plot outside Nairobi in late August 2026. He aims to offer them as rentals under the name Silver Apartments at Sh5000 each month so ordinary families gain steady shelter while he expands beyond music stages.

Workers swing hammers under the hot sun. Metal sheets rattle as they lock into place. The site sits near the Athi River in Machakos County, where dry wind kicks up red dust every afternoon. Guardian Angel walks the ground himself most mornings. He checks foundation lines and talks with the crew about drainage before the rains arrive in October.

He tells a small group of neighbours one quiet afternoon that he wants steady income that lasts longer than concert tickets. Music pays well some months. Other months the calendar stays empty. These houses give him a different path. Fifteen units rise in neat rows.

Each one measures roughly twenty by fifteen feet with a small veranda and basic wiring for lights. Tenants will pay five thousand Kenyan shillings every thirty days. That price sits far below many nearby stone houses that ask ten or fifteen thousand.

Local residents already stop by the fence to watch. One woman who sells vegetables along the main road says the rent will help her move her three children out of a single room. Another man who drives a matatu notes the location sits close to the highway so workers can reach industrial parks without long walks.

What rent will tenants pay at the new development?

Tenants will pay KES 5000 each month for every finished unit. Construction started on fifteen August 2026 after the artist cleared the two-acre plot and poured concrete pads. By the first week of September the frames stand tall and the first roofs go on.

Mabati covers the walls and ceilings because it costs less and goes up fast. The material keeps the units dry during the short rains and stays cool under the strong daytime heat. Each house gets a private pit latrine and a shared water point that draws from a new borehole the crew drilled last month. Power lines already run along the boundary, so connection stays simple once Kenya Power approves the meters.

Guardian Angel spends long hours on site between studio sessions. He carries water to the builders some days and laughs when they tease him about trading a microphone for a spirit level. His wife Esther joins him on weekends. She helps mark the garden beds that will border the houses once the structures stand complete. The couple plans to plant drought-resistant trees and a few fruit seedlings so the ground feels green instead of bare.

How many houses does the artist plan to complete first?

He plans to finish all fifteen houses before the end of November 2026. The project sits five kilometres from the main Athi River market and ten kilometres from the Nairobi Motorway exit. That spot lets tenants reach jobs in Embakasi or Kitengela within thirty minutes by public transport.

Monthly income from full occupancy could reach KES 75000 before rates and maintenance. The artist says he will use part of that money to support young gospel talents through his existing music company. The rest will cover repairs and expand the estate if demand stays strong.

Neighbours notice the steady progress. On quiet evenings the sound of saws and nails carries across the fields. Children from nearby plots come to stare at the rising walls. One father of four tells the crew he already saved the first deposit and waits only for the keys. Another woman who works at a nearby factory says the five thousand rate matches her budget better than anything else available within walking distance.