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Kwa Rhonda grows into a multi-billion estate from slums

Some of the buildings coming up in Kaptembwo Estate after improvement in infrastructure funded by World Bank (PHOTO Harun Wathari)

Five decades ago, there existed an extensive sisal plantation farm in Nakuru Municipality that was home to big and small snakes sneaking from Lake Nakuru National Park.

The plantation was surrounded by mud houses and one roomed semi-permanent houses.

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