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Student boom creates room for hostel investors

Anthony Munene spent three months looking for accommodation in Karen prior to joining Kenya School of Law, only to end up in Rongai, Kajiado County, where accommodation was affordable.

“There is no reasonably priced student housing in Nairobi. When I was doing my degree at Kenyatta University’s Parklands Campus, I had to commute from home in Kahawa Sukari everyday with the morning traffic,” he told Home & Away.

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