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Nakuru County Commissioner Erastus Mbui (left), Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga and Governor Lee Kinyanjui view a model of the 605 affordable housing units to be constructed in Bondeni Slums, in Nakuru. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard]
Bondeni slums in Nakuru is set to undergo a major facelift after the government embarked on the construction of a multi-million housing project to be sold to Kenyans.
Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga accompanied by Governor Lee Kinyanjui yesterday laid the foundation stone for the 605 housing units in the low income establishment.
“This is the first affordable housing project outside Nairobi where success has been registered. The project will be completed in the next 30 months and sold to residents at subsidised cost,” said Hinga.
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Nairobi Landlords Up in Arms Over Cheap Housing Projects
A photo showing a section of Umoja 1 estate in Nairobi.
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Nairobi landlords have protested various affordable housing projects unveiled in the city by the Chinese and the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS).
The local developers argued that some of the projects especially those by foreign nationals were substandard and circumvented Kenyan laws.
The National Construction Authority (NCA) was accused of failing to regulate the industry. NCA provides licences and inspects the construction of buildings in Kenya.
Projects from China are reportedly undertaken under relatively low budget and are time efficient. Most of the foreign companies are currently building skyscrapers in the posh suburbs in Nairobi.
Red flag over varying State rental income
Friday January 15 2021
By EDWIN MUTAI
Summary
The latest audit shows that rent income from State-owned housing units rose by Sh103.5 million in the year to June 2019 compared with a decline of Sh93 million in the previous year when it reported Sh156.3 million.
The 2018 income was a decrease from the Sh249.6 million banked the previous year.
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu while raising the red flag said no satisfactory explanation was given for the reduction.
The Housing Department is on the spot over inconsistencies in the amount of rental income collected, raising suspicion that part of the cash may have been misappropriated.