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The first step is to vote wisely. [iStockphoto] 

By December 2020, only 26,971 Kenyans had secured mortgage loans in the course of that year. This was revealed in the Central Bank of Kenya’s Residential Mortgage Market Survey 2021. Although these mortgage loans increased in 2021 to approximately 40,000 they are still a drop in the ocean.

Considering that approximately 15 million Kenyans are over the age of 35, there are millions of Kenyans who should afford mortgages.

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