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Here's what ten local experts had to say about prices and the cost of living in Nakuru.

If you are planning to move to Kenya, then Nakuru city is the best place to settle. This is because of affordable housing, tight security, good infrastructure, good for diverse business opportunities and also entertainment amenities.

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Nakuru is a city in Kenya, one of the East African countries that is located in the Rift Valley Region. While the city is usually dusty, especially during the dry season, it’s a wonderful tourist destination and home to some of the top, famous parks like the Lake Nakuru National Park. It’s also very cheap to live in when comparing the accommodation rates and food costs between Nakuru and other cities in Kenya.

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Cheap food due to availability of many food markets. Cheap transport due to good transport infrastructure. Affordable housing due to many real estate projects. Presence of a variety of tribes due to ton being a metropolitan therefore people have come from all over the country to look for jobs and settle here.

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Nakuru is a beautiful place where you can only see flamingos the whole year. The place has also beautiful scenery such as the Menengai Crater and the Lake Nakuru. Nakuru is the best place especially when you are in Kenya as the houses are not too expensive and roads are great.

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Nakuru is a great city for a person who loves farming. Most people do dairy farming, grow wheat or maize. There are also several small scale farmers who grow vegetables and fruits for sale. Therefore, if you consider relocating to Nakuru, you do not have to worry about the cost of food.

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It is a city known for beautiful flamingo scenery. People from different backgrounds are in Nakuru. Affordable housing, transport and food is what you would love about Nakuru city.

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Nakuru is a cosmopolitan town, and the headquarters of the fourth largest county in Kenya. It is world-renowned for its eponymous saline water lake, (Lake Nakuru) which is home to the world’s largest concentration of flamingos. It is also the gateway to the Menengai Crater, a picturesque, dormant volcano, and home to Kenya’s largest geothermal power fields. Nakuru’s main economic activities are subsistence and commercial agriculture which contributes up to 48% of the income in Kenya, tourism, energy generation in Menengai, and Olkaria, it has both small and large scale commercial businesses. Nakuru is known as the fastest-growing town in Africa.

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Nakuru is approximately 200 kilometers from Kenya’s Capital-Nairobi the cost of living is fairly low. It is a city full of opportunities in business and it’s also a tourist hub for Kenya’s South Rift region. Nakuru is also an city of academic excellence with investments in both public and private schools, we even have international schools offering International curriculum.

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Nakuru is a very peaceful city with beautiful scenery including, lakes, animal parks, rocks, waterfalls among others. The people living there benefit from the learning institutions around the area ranging from preparatory schools to universities. The environment is friendly and so are the people living there. Basic needs are also available at affordable price including housing, food and clothes.

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Nakuru just recently acquired city status. It is a developing city and if you’re looking for exotic places or fancy motels, there’s a limited number of them here which are a little more expensive. The city is a good place to settle in since rental homes are fairly cheap for now.

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