Kenya’s President William Ruto at State House, in Nairobi. (Tony Karumba/AFP) Kenya’s President William Ruto has announced a government policy that will require all civil servants to contribute 3% of their monthly salaries to fund a new affordable housing project. ...
Kenya In the impoverished slums of Nairobi, Jacinter Awino navigates her daily chores amidst a maze of rusty iron sheets. The small tin shack that lacks a toilet and running water has been her family's shelter for years, costing about $380 to build. Her husband, who earns about $75 ...
The population of Nairobi has grown 12-fold since 1963, when Kenya attained independence, and this has greatly spurred urban expansion. Much of this growth has taken place in the housing sector, which has witnessed increased and uncontrolled development that has become a challenge to the built ...
NAIROBI, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's affordable housing program is set to inject 2.6 trillion shillings (26 billion U.S. dollars) into the economy by 2022, a senior government official. James Macharia, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Developm...
The High Court in Nairobi found an earlier version of the law, which had been in effect from July to November 2023, illegal. The ending of the legal process in January 2024 placed the government in a legal quagmire, as it had been collecting the levy through the Kenya Revenue Authority. ...
NAIROBI, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Kenya and Spain on Tuesday agreed to explore a partnership on social housing for the low income earners especially in urban areas. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Joseph Borrell Fontelles, visiting Spain's minister for foreign affairs, European Union and cooperati...
Only 28 percent of the population in Kenya is urbanized, while 61 percent of the urbanized live in informal settlements. An estimated 10 million Kenyans countrywide, and 36 percent of Nairobi’s population, live in slums. Urban centers are also characterized below levels ...
On Nov. 27, the affordable housing project in Kenya of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) held the "Witness Happiness" Cloud Open Day event. Abdi Ismail, Architect of the Park Road Affordable housing in Nairobi, led us to visit the Kenyan government's first affordable housi...
Nairobi's Housing Boom: While the Financial Crisis Gripping Western Markets Has Its Origin in the Housing Market's Sub-Prime Debt, and Is Being Keenly Felt by Homeowners Facing Falling House Values, in Kenya a Housing Boom Looks Set to Continue. John Thuo Reports...
Factors that contribute to the level of employee engagement in the telecommunication industry in Kenya: a case study of Zain Kenya University of NairobiMutunga, C. N. (2009). Factors that contribute to the level of employee engagement in the telecommunication industry in Kenya: a ... CN Mutung...