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Why investors are rushing to build businesses near affordable housing units

Defence PS Patrick Mariru and Laikipa MP Jane Kagiri inspecting Nanyuki Affordable Housing Programme. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Eager to capitalise on the opportunities presented by the Affordable Housing Project sites, several private investors are racing against time to set up major business ventures targeting those who will occupy the new housing units in various towns.

Towns like Nanyuki, Makenji, Gichugu and Engineer are among the localities where the investors have bought land next to affordable housing units, targeting to establish businesses once the houses are occupied.

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