Cost of property on the rise as development projects take shape in Murang'a

Kenol town in Murang'a, near the Kenol-Marua dual carriageway, is attracting investors to the once-sleepy market centre founded by the late William Mbote. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Murang'a town was founded in the early 19th century as an administrative centre for the British administrators led by Francis Hall, who controlled the locality that extended from the Aberdare Ranges to Sagana in Kirinyaga County.

The colonial centre was located in a strategic hilly position, overlooking the Gaturi hills and Sagana river on the Eastern side.