How I turned my idle land in Kiserian into a money-making venture

Front of house at Patch of Heaven holiday home in Kiserian, Kajiado.

Photo credit: Wendy Watta | Nation Media Group

After retired banker Susan Gichia and her husband bought land in Kiserian, about 25 kilometres from Nairobi, it lay idle for 10 years.

"We bought the land in 2004. On our 10th anniversary, we felt challenged and decided to build, starting construction in 2014," she says.

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