Sewage and Mwariki estates lie on the lower side of Nakuru town towards Lake Nakuru.
Many people who had put up houses there are now being forced to remodel them as most of the water drains towards that area and has on numerous occasions found its way into houses causing huge damages.
For many years, developers have been reluctant to buy land here, and prices have always remained low compared to other areas.
However, with the upsurge in development and an increasing population, property dealers have decided to invest time and money to make the land ideal.
For just Sh3,000 per lorry, the developers are reclaiming the land by having soil deposited in the low marshy areas to raise the ground.
There are people doing booming business from this, and one such person is Mr Ngare Chege.
Ngare who specialises in digging underground for buildings coming up in the town center says that previously he had trouble disposing the dugout soil and it usually used to cost him to dispose the soil. However, things have now changed and the soil is now in high demand.
“In the beginning I used to wonder where to dispose of this soil but somebody sold to me the idea of partnering with owners of plots that lie on low marshy grounds. We used to do it for free but with time the demand rose and we put a cost to it, currently is going for between Sh1,500 to Sh3,000 for a lorry depending on distance,” says Ngare.
According to a contractor from Rhonda estate, the soil is usually left for several years to compact before construction on the site can begin.
The rehabilitation however comes at a high cost and Zipporah Maina who recently rehabilitated her 50x100 plot says it cost her an extra Sh11,000.
In addition, her neighbours who had put up their houses before her have complained that the water that used to accumulate at her plot is now ending up in their plots when it rains.