In June 2018, the Nairobi county government said in a notice to realtors that it plans to rent three-bedroomed houses for the two Cuban doctors posted to Nairobi. The houses must be fully furnished from the kitchen, sitting room to the bedrooms.
The Cuban doctors will also have in-house gyms and private swimming pools after the county government tendered for two fully furnished houses located within the city’s affluent suburbs to accommodate them.
The notice added that the houses should have private car parks with security as per the UN standards.
Web review of the rental prices in the targeted estates found that a three- bedroomed furnished house with a rooftop swimming pool goes for Sh140,000 a month in Kilimani while a similar stand-alone unit along Adams Arcade area on Ngong Road is priced at Sh200,000 a month.
Meanwhile, Dr. Rodriguez, one of the abducted doctors in Mandera county by armed gunmen had initially revealed an interview that he was initially anxious about working in Mandera after reading about Al Shabaab attacks before he travelled to Kenya.
Dr. Correa, however, said he had worked in dangerous territories before so his new assignment was not any different.
Security agencies led by the military are inside Somalia pursuing the attackers and victims.
There has been a lull of attacks in Mandera due to various measures by local and national governments.