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Gichugu AffordableHousing Programme in Kianyaga market, Kirinyaga county, on January 8, 2025. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]
Twenty years ago, Makeji area in Murang'a County was a no-go zone. Criminals terrorised residents at will. They specialised in stealing pineapples from the vast Delmonte Kenya Ltd plantations.
However, this has changed with the start of the AffordableHousing Programme (AHP). The location where AHP now stands was a hideout for the marauding gangs that also broke into business premises after a day in the Delmonte pineapple plantations.
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