Currently, the returns are no longer what they were when he first entered the market.
By
Marion Sitawa
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Lennox Otieno founded Subleasing Kenya in 2023 when the short-term rental market was highly lucrative. He started with four short stay units, two in Nairobi and two in Mombasa, at a time when few investors had ventured into the business.
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