Kabarak University turns area into real estate hotspot

A residential house at Rafiki estate in Kabarak ,Nakuru county on February 16,2019.The presenceof Kabarak University in the area has attracted investors. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Real estate developers are scrambling for land in the fast-growing areas around Kabarak University in Nakuru. Leah Chemitei, a resident and a real estate developer, said land prices in Rafiki area have grown tenfold in a decade.

“I bought my first a quarter acre plot in 2005 on which I developed a home. It cost me Sh130,000 then, but the price has since risen to at least Sh1 million,” she said.