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Brick maker turns home ownership dream into reality
Jungle Nuts founder Patrick Wainaina at his new Thika factory last week where he’s diversifying his businesses to include hydraform bricks for low cost housing. Photo/Diana Ngila
For Patrick Wainaina, the idea of mixing soil, quarry dust and a little cement to make construction bricks never looked like it would take off. But he is now convinced that this is the solution to turning the home ownership dreams for thousands of Kenyans into reality.
“We started this project three months ago. We use quarry dust, red soil and cement to make construction bricks targeting low-income earners who want cheap and decent houses,” Mr Wainaina told the Business Daily in an interview in Thika.
