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Land prices are climbing in Masokani and neighbouring settlements along the Kangundo Road corridor in Machakos County, as developers subdivide plots and buyers look beyond Nairobi’s crowded urban centres.
Regulatory filings show a 27-storey mixed-use development with 396 residential units is planned along Mugo Kibiru Road in Nairobi’s Kibra constituency, one of the tallest residential properties proposed for the capital.
Kenya's Affordable Housing Programme is backing a KSh18 billion investment in Nandi County expected to deliver 3,500 housing units, hostels for 6,000 students and 15 modern markets.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has urged the national government to fast-track the Sh80 billion Nairobi cooperation agreement, revealing that only three of 40,000 planned streetlights have been installed and that water and waste projects have stalled.
Environmentalists say private developers have built within 20 metres of the high water mark at Mombasa's Tudor Creek, well inside Kenya's 60-metre riparian buffer, destroying mangroves and polluting the marine ecosystem.
Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo says the Pioneer Affordable Housing Project in Eldoret, comprising 2,148 housing units, is entering its final phase of construction as the government responds to housing demand after the town was elevated to city status.
Kenya’s High Court has dismissed a petition accusing Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome of corruption, irregular procurement and abuse of office in the Southlands housing project, ruling that the claims were unsubstantiated.
A legal analysis argues that Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld the 2024 Affordable Housing Act by relying on the doctrine of progressive realisation, raising questions about how the law delivers housing as a constitutional right.
The Kenyatta family's Northlands City development in Ruiru is marketing 218 three-bedroom apartments at about 109 square metres each, with cash prices from KSh 12.5 million and mortgage financing through partner banks.