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Land prices in Karen, Nairobi up 32-fold in 20 years

A section of westlands in Nairobi.

Land values in Karen, Nairobi, have risen by more than 3,200 per cent in 20 years, according to data compiled by Knight Frank.

This is from an average of Sh2 million per acre in 1998 to Sh65 million today.

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