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When dream houses crumble

By Ferdinand Mwongela

When Alice Muigai bought a house for Sh9.5 million in one of the posh areas of the city in 2009, she thought her housing woes were over. That was until her "perfect" house on Riara Road started falling apart before her very eyes, plunging her into a life of uncertainty and fear.

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