Allure of State House couldn't kill mzee's liking for Kabarnet Gardens

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i consoles Baringo Senator Gideon Moi at Kabarnet Gardens in Nairobi yesterday. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

As Kenyan post-independence leaders settled in exclusive residences, late President Daniel Moi went for the unlikeliest of addresses to spend his nights and raise a family.

Set a stone's throw away from one of Africa’s largest slums, Kabarnet Gardens, transformed from a nondescript location into a renowned residence of Kenya’s longest serving head of state.