How bad habits, careless eating are taking a toll on city’s rich

Nairobi residents go about their businesses in the city.

A high end city hospital has raised alarm over rising rates of high blood pressure or hypertension among the well-to-do residents of Nairobi.

One out of three clients visiting Karen Hospital’s 12 clinics is hypertensive; a risk to developing serious heart conditions including heart and kidney failure, or stroke.