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Kenya's Boma Yangu Nandi Hills Estate, a 729-unit development led by the State Department for Housing and Urban Development, is about 75 per cent complete, with six residential blocks taking shape.
Royal Mabati Factory has sued Vintage Mabati Mills and four former consultants in the High Court in Nairobi, alleging its registered trademarks and designs were copied to build a rival roofing business.
Kenya's housing ministry says applicants holding offer letters do not need to start monthly payments until their units are allocated and occupied.
Digital Realty has opened its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2), adding 6.4MW of capacity to its Kenyan campus as iColo transitions to the Digital Realty brand.
First beneficiaries have begun occupying completed units at Nairobi's Mukuru affordable housing project, with the Affordable Housing Board saying more homeowners will move in within three weeks.
Kenya's 1.5% Housing Levy collects about Ksh6 billion monthly, but the Housing Principal Secretary says that amount cannot sustain the government's target of constructing 200,000 affordable homes every year.
Three investors have announced plans worth more than Sh5.5 billion to build luxury hotels and serviced residences in Nairobi's Gigiri, targeting diplomats and international organisations as the UN campus expands.
Residents of Nairobi's Woodley estate have challenged Governor Johnson Sakaja's evictions, saying the county has reduced a legal dispute over rent arrears, property rights and court orders to a question of unpaid rent.
Kenya's affordable housing programme is advancing at sharply different speeds across regions, with over 220,000 units under development but only 14,219 allocated so far, raising concerns that priority is going to the privileged rather than the lowest-income households.