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Arbitrary rent increases hurting tenants

Many landlords increase rental rates at will, forcing tenants to dig deeper into their pockets, writes ERIC WAINAINA

In January, Joyce Wairimu returned from her village in Nyahururu where she had gone to spend Christmas holidays to find a notice from her landlord at her doorstep.

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