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Land rows jolt Nairobi real estate boom as cartels thrive on fraud

Kiambu Dandora Farmers Company Secretary Mwangi Karanja (left) addresses a press conference in Nairobi yesterday with one of the trustees, Joseph Nduati. [Courtesy, Standard]

Investors are angling for a share of land in areas neighbouring Nairobi in the wake of real estate growth occasioned by demand for housing.

Individual and institutional buyers have now invaded land near the city to build houses for sale or to let as the areas gain from easy access to the capital.

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