Heels and hammers: Rise of brick and mortar sisterhood

Women in Real Estate (WIRE) Principle Secretary Prof. Architect Paul Maringa, Nancy Muthoni - The Property Show, Carol Kariuki - The Mortgage Company, Rose Muema, Nairobi County Chief in charge of Urban Planning, Brenda Nyawara, Architectural Student and President of Architectural Students Association, Ciiru Waweru Waithaka of FunKidz Group.

NAIROBI: To Ciiru Waweru Waithaka, the designs of Kenya's road pavements, toilets and bathtubs are pathetic. And she knows why. “They have been designed by men,” she says without batting an eyelid.

Not that she wants men out of construction. No, she thinks the sector would do better with more feminine touch.