When Canisius Makori, 38, bought land in Utawala, a neighbourhood that borders Nairobi and Machakos counties, it was a jungle. Tall grass covered the land and hyenas would laugh and grunt at night. There were very few people who had built their homes there and those who did never walked out at night. That was 17 years ago.
Mr Makori was 21 years old then and bought a 40 by 80 plot in Utawala near Kinka. He paid just Sh80,000.
