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When land in Nairobi was sold for cents per square foot

Nairobi City in 1964 [File]

Imagine owning a slice of Nairobi’s Industrial Area just next to the road for a mere Sh1,830? Suppose the deal was further improved with a promise that you can get all adjoining plots at the same price?

This is not fantasy but a reality of how the colonial government promoted development of Nairobi, just a year after Kenya became a colony.

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