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Nakuru slum that's paper rich but cash poor

An aerial photo of Bondeni slum in Nakuru. [Harun Wathari/Standard]

Residents of a slum in Nakuru town are sitting on a gold mine as land prices shoot through the roof. Unfortunately, they can only watch as the cash flows.

Most residents of Bondeni Estate only have allotment letters but cannot afford the cost of processing title deeds for their plots located less than a kilometre from the town’s central business district.

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