Plans for city estates make-over delayed

Some of the houses in Ziwani Estate. It is one of the estates to be demolished to pave way for modern houses. (Photo: File/Standard)

Nairobi residents will take longer before moving into the more than 100,000 urban houses to be constructed by the city government. A delay in the commencement of the urban renewal project will see the dates for occupation pushed forward.

Phase 1 involves 14,000 units in seven old estates. This covers old and new Ngara, Pangani, Jeevanjee-Bachelors, Ngong Road Inspectorate staff quarters, Uhuru and Suna Road. The project was expected to take 24 months and was supposed to have begun in July last year.