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Looking for a house in Nairobi? Your last name could lock you out as tenancy discrimination by landlords spreads

Joshua Otieno’s desire to live in the Pangani area of Nairobi was dimmed in the last minute of signing a tenancy agreement, when the landlady, a Kikuyu, raised her Central Kenya eyebrow at his Luo surname.

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