He built a small, dream home in the middle of nowhere, and found paradise

Wilson Mwaniki at his home in Kekopey, Gilgil, Nakuru County, showing the exterior façade and sitting area.

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In 2016, Wilson Mwaniki bought a quarter-acre piece of land at the foot of Sleeping Warrior Mountain, roughly four kilometres from the Nairobi-Nakuru highway at Gilgil’s Kekopey centre. Reason? To build his dream home.

“I bought the two 50×100 plots at Sh650,000. At the time, I didn’t have enough money to break ground. Kekopey was ideal because I treasure my peace and being alone, and Nairobi was becoming noisier and more chaotic for me by the day,” says the 40-year-old.

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