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Of dead capital palatial homes in remote rural villages

Those against palatial homes in rural areas do so strictly from an economic benefit standpoint.

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Two years ago, Professor Bitange Ndemo caused a storm after sharing his thoughts about why building huge mansions in the countryside where the builder hardly spends time in--only during festivities and holidays--as opposed to where the builder actually resides and carries out day-to-day economic activities is a foolish undertaking.

In his article, Prof Ndemo argued that such investments offer little or no economic value where they are built and are more of show-off than worthy of any returns of the money invested to put such units up.