Meet Gikomba metal artisan who has joined Nairobi’s coveted list of new home owners

James Njagi Waweru(Left) a 32-year-old Jua Kali metal artisan at the Gikomba Open Air Market is the first winner of an apartment in Maisha Ni M-PESA Tu Promotion by Safaricom the house is located in Kahawa West at Richland Pointe Apartments with him is Sitoyo Lopokoiyit(Right) Director Financial Services Safaricom. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

James Njagi Waweru, 32, a Gikomba based artisan is the new entrant into the coveted list of home owners in Nairobi. This is after becoming the first winner of a Sh7.8 million house in Kahawa West suburb of Nairobi, courtesy of telco giant, Safaricom’s M-Pesa Tu promotion.

Njagi, a father of one will soon be moving from his Kayole Junction single room into the two bedroomed master ensuite house at the Housing Finance developed posh estate, the Richland Pointe (pictured extreme right). Njagi who says has never won anything in his life, is saying goodbye to Kayole Junction where he says, he has been sharing basic facilities with close to 100 other tenants.