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Vivian Wanjira knew she had struck the jackpot the day she finally moved out of her rental house in Ruaka and settled in her new three-bedroom bungalow in Ruiru.
It was in 2018 and land was, by her standards, affordable, she says. Her husband Thomas, who frequented Nairobi's central business district (CBD), would after the move had to cover more distance. However, the money they were saving on rent was comforting.
"Suddenly there was more space for the children, it was quiet, and we now owned a home - neither too near the city nor too far," Ms Wanjira says. To the family, it was the ideal location, the dream home.
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