This dairy farmer owned the whole of Muthaiga

Sandbach Baker and his wife [Photo: Courtesy] 

Muthaiga and Mathare Valley slums in Nairobi are separated by the Thika Superhighway. But the residents on either side are worlds apart socially, economically and politically. Muthaiga is one of Kenya’s most expensive address codes, while Mathare is as murky as the river that bears its name. It is a biblical miracle for one to be born in Mathare and manage to acquire a home along Tchui Road in Muthaiga.

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