CCTV has become a default purchase for offices, shops and gated premises across Kenya — but “we have cameras” and “we have a surveillance system that actually works” are two different things. A few questions worth asking before you install anything.
What are the cameras actually for?
A parking area needs number-plate recognition and wide coverage. A shop floor needs clear footage of tills and entrances. A hospital corridor needs different placement again. “Cameras everywhere” without a plan usually means gaps exactly where you needed coverage, and wasted footage everywhere else.
Low light performance
Most incidents worth reviewing on footage happen at night or in poor lighting. A cheap camera that looks fine in a showroom demo can produce useless, grainy footage exactly when you need it most.
Who’s actually watching, and how
A camera nobody monitors is a recording device, not a security system. Decide upfront whether you need live monitoring, automated alerts, or just reliable footage to review after the fact — the answer changes what you should be installing.
Storage and retention
How many days of footage do you actually need, and where is it stored? This is the detail most easily skipped during installation and most painfully discovered missing when you need footage from two weeks ago.
We design and install surveillance systems for banking, retail, hospitality, industrial and transport sites, using equipment from Hikvision and Dahua, with ongoing maintenance so the system is still working properly a year in — not just on installation day.