As the cost of living continue shooting up each day in Kenya, everyone becomes cautious on how to spend in a bid to save for the future. It has therefore become a norm for each person who wants to save money to look for cheap houses to rent, whether apartments or bungalows as long as they don’t break their banks.
Kenyan are shunning some of the most expensive towns like Nairobi, Thika,Kiambu and Kisii for cheaper towns with plenty of water, good sewerage systems and enough supply of food.
It is shocking that Nairobi is the most expensive town to live in and one of the worst in terms of traffic congestion, drainage system and high rental prices despite being the Capital City of Kenya. Some cities like Dar es Salaam and Kampala are much cheaper as compares to Nairobi.
The following are the cheapest towns to live in Kenya
- Kakamega
- Eldoret
- Nakuru
- Mombasa
- Machakos
- Bomet
- Voi
- Kilifi
- Lamu
- Bungoma
- Kitengela
- Luanda
- Narok
- Emali
- Migoti
- Namanga
- Kangundo
- Lodwar
- Garissa
- Wajir
It is also cheap to build residential houses in these towns because land is extremely cheap in most of the towns listed above.
Also,it’s very easy to start business in the aforementioned towns due to cheap houses to rent and the low cost of running business.