Lord Lavington was hounoured with posh estate, died broke

L-R: Ralph Payne, the first Baron Lavington. A house in Lavington

Lavington is a high net worth hood northwest of Nairobi, where those in the two-comma digit income category live.

In the beginning however, it was the home of St Austin’s Mission of the French Holy Ghost Fathers, who pitched tent there when Bishop Emile Allgeyer, Fr Alain Hémery and Br Blanchard Dillenseger planted their Catholic church on August 12, 1899,a Saturday.