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Counties in search of land to build county homes

The stalled governor's residence in west Pokot (PHOTOS BY IRISSHEEL SHANZU)

NAIROBI, KENYA: County governments are in a mad scramble to buy land and build homes for senior officials before they lose their housing benefits.

The exercise, which has seen some devolved units set aside as much as Sh100 million to put up palatial homes, gathered urgency after the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) said that starting June next year, governors, their deputies and county assembly speakers would no longer be eligible for housing allowance.

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