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Shocker for those who fled Nairobi's high cost of living

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 Mombasa residents and civil groups demonstrate over the high cost of living at Pembe za Ndovu area in Mombasa County on  April 19, 2022.  [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Thousands of people who fled Nairobi to satellite towns in order to beat overpopulation and the high cost of living, are realising that the same problems have followed them.

such as Kiserian, Kajiado, Kitengela and Thika

Of the 14 major urban centres in Kenya, seven — Ruiru, Kikuyu, Thika, Karuri, Ongata Rongai, Juja and Kitengela — that are all closest to Nairobi had a combined population of over 1.74 million in 2019.

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