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Prohibitive property prices make Kenyans ‘career’ tenants

I have been struggling to understand why majority of Nairobians are tenants and not home owners compared with their counterparts in countries like South Africa. It is perplexing that for a leading economy in this part of the continent, majority of residents in the capital city and other urban areas are largely tenants. Is there something we do not know that is not adding up?

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