Exodus to satellite towns ups rental, land prices

Sakina Hassanali, Director HassConsult Kenya. HassConsult Land Price Index shows that Ruaka's price of land for an acre now stands at Sh96 million. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

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.