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Buying land? Please, go searching in the rainy season

Kisumu flooods

A file photo woman uses a stick to wade through flooded sections of her compound at Ombaka village in Kano, Kisumu County, on December 3, 2019. 

Photo credit: Ondari Ogega | Nation Media Group

By  Caroline Njunge

Chief Quality Editor

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • As you read this, my friend is servicing a loan for a piece of land that is useless, and the only option she has is to sell to an unsuspecting buyer
  • The moral of the story here, is never to buy land during the dry season, because chances are that you might end up with a worthless investment.

About four years ago, a friend bought a piece of land, finally achieving a long-held dream of becoming a landowner.

She was so excited, she later on invited a couple of us to visit her investment and toast to her achievement and the good fortune it would bring her.

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