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Lalit Pandit: The man who built Fedha and Akiba estates

Lalit Pandit

He rose from rags to unbelievable riches, his crown jewel being the East African Building Society (EABS Building, now Ecobank House) off Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi.

Lalitchandra Jeshanker Pandit, popularly known as Lalit Pandit, was a pioneer mortgage financier and philanthropist whose family had interests in banking, insurance and residential and commercial real estate.

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