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These are the 10 best places to live in Nairobi

An aerial view of of houses at Riara    PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI/SDE

Trust me, nobody cares where you live in Nairobi. But women do. Why else would a woman move out of a spacious two-bedroom apartment in Embakasi to a tiny servants quarter in Valley Arcade, where she can’t even keep a pet?

While a man might agonise over reasons for moving houses, a woman could be chasing a well-heeled man in such a hood.

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