Where the rich build cheap houses and the poor expensive ones

Wealthy residents of formerly Central Province seem to prefer modest houses even though their homes are equipped with critical assets that befit the status of the rich.

However, their counterparts in Nairobi, the Coast and Rift Valley have no qualms owning big houses but with little amenities such as Internet, cars, refrigerators and computers, according to recent data by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).