Kenyan-born UK mayor Elizabeth Kang’ethe has promised to use her position to encourage more Kenyans living in Britain to invest at home.
Speaking during an investors’ forum organised by Gakuyo real estate in Thika town on Tuesday, Kang’ethe urged Kenyans living abroad to invest more in the country and initiate development projects that can help residents.
The mayor for Barking and Dagenham further lauded the steps made by local investors especially in real estate, saying the country has a great future in investment.
“When I look at what our Kenyan investors are doing in real estate, I can say it is flexible especially for us in the overseas. We can now invest home because we have reliable people that we can trust. East or west, home is best,” said Kang’ethe.
Speaking during the same occasion, Gakuyo Real Estate Chairman David Ngare noted that as investors, they now have an open way that Kenyans abroad can own property in Kenya.
“It is good for those in the diaspora to start investing home so that when they come back they will have invested already. We are standing here as their agents to ensure their acquisitions here are safe,” said Ngare.