Nairobi County Assembly wants staff allocated houses in Sh300b projectNAIROBI, KENYA: The Nairobi County Assembly now wants 20 percent of all houses constructed under the urban housing development project allocated to staff. The Sh300 billion housing project, which will see buildings in several old estates in the city brought down and replaced with modern low-cost houses, is expected to kick off in the first quarter of this year. SEE ALSO :Why Sonko delayed to pick deputy“The county Housing sector should be given powers to allocate 20 percent of the houses to county staff who qualify to own them,” read the report in part. There should also be mechanisms to ensure that finished houses are allocated to the targeted persons i.e. According to the report, six companies have been awarded tender to construct hundreds of affordable houses in Nairobi as part of project.

Source: Standard Digital March 04, 2019 12:44 UTC