Uhuru stops plot to impeach Ruto
But Jubilee deputy vice-chairman says party has categorised DP as its competitor in the race for the presidency.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Uhuru stops plot to impeach Ruto
State will hire 5,000 tutors to lift Tvets
Kinuthia said the exercise, which will be extended to 2025, will cost the government Sh10 billion in salaries and benefits for the new recruits.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
State will hire 5,000 tutors to lift Tvets
Karua mourns death of watchdog
Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua has said the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga killed the public watchdog.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Karua mourns death of watchdog
Surveyors on the spot for abetting Sh30b land fraud
Kenya’s economy loses an estimated Sh30 billion in the hands of quack land surveyors.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Surveyors on the spot for abetting Sh30b land fraud
Tangatanga holds uneasy calm after House shake-up
Pro-Deputy President William Ruto camp in Parliament has inexplicably gone quiet
By Wainaina Ndung’u and Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Tangatanga holds uneasy calm after House shake-up
Waiguru loses battle for Kemri 100-acre land
The compulsory acquisition ends tussle over the parcel to pave way for Sh15b Kemri project.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Waiguru loses battle for Kemri 100-acre land
More forces oppose 5 per cent rise in rental tax
The measure is being interpreted as a quick-fix measure to help the government draw a 2020/21 budget under harsh economic circumstances.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
More forces oppose 5 per cent rise in rental tax
‘They are pushing DP to irrelevance’
Murkomen says President Uhuru’s loyalists out to humiliate Deputy President William Ruto
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
‘They are pushing DP to irrelevance’
Governors seek tax freeze on rental incomes
CoG also wants financial institutions to be genuine in extending credit concessions to landlords to help them offer rent reprieve to tenants.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Governors seek tax freeze on rental incomes
Property market loses Sh60 billion to flooding
He decried the unwillingness to implement the numerous laws, noting that plans and policies on floods should have sorted out the mess.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Property market loses Sh60 billion to flooding
The big storm in a tea cup – players spoiling for a fight
The State has mooted tough regulations aimed at benefiting small scale tea farmers.
By Macharia Kamau and Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
The big storm in a tea cup – players spoiling for a fight
Tenants against the wall as Covid-19 bites
With no law that would compel landlords to suspend rent, there is little space to turn for workers who are now jobless and without income.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Tenants against the wall as Covid-19 bites
Why Murang’a hub is losing investors
A once high-ranking municipality, Maragua has become the gangster capital and town is now unattractive to new businesses
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Why Murang’a hub is losing investors
Real estate tycoons moot ways to tame succession battles
After witnessing a litany of acrimonious succession battles in the recent past, billionaires are betting on ‘solid wills’ and honest declarations
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Real estate tycoons moot ways to tame succession battles
Jubilee's housing agenda faces acid as pandemic rages on
Analysts say only 1 per cent of the Jubilee agenda to build 1 million affordable houses has been met so far, with just two years left to 2022.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Jubilee's housing agenda faces acid as pandemic rages on
My pets, my moneymakers: From Sh16k salary to big bucks
For Lucy Ndung’u, necessity was truly the mother of invention. Seventeen years ago, she was working for a non-governmental organisation
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
My pets, my moneymakers: From Sh16k salary to big bucks
Stringent by-laws to stem virus spread
Boda boda riders to be arrested if they fail to wear face masks and maintain social distance
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Stringent by-laws to stem virus spread
Schools to remain closed until virus threat is crushed
The pandemic could affect the calendar of KCSE and KCPE which begin in October every year
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Schools to remain closed until virus threat is crushed
Auto hand washing kit launched to fight virus
Originator says machine automatically dispenses liquid soap for three seconds then water for 20 seconds
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Auto hand washing kit launched to fight virus
Coronavirus pushes property sector to digitisation
Lands ministry has encountered barriers from various interest groups in its efforts to take transactions online
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Coronavirus pushes property sector to digitisation
Coronavirus pandemic drives property sector towards digitisation
Lands ministry has encountered barriers from various interest groups in its efforts to take transactions online.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Coronavirus pandemic drives property sector towards digitisation
Curfew should not break our cohesion
The curfew induced by coronavirus has brought to the fore the national love fabric that binds homes into a cohesive entity.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Curfew should not break our cohesion
State shifts focus to fault lines in bid to tame building collapses
?Lands ministry reveals new plan to map out risk-prone areas as it says poor workmanship not only cause of increased disasters
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
State shifts focus to fault lines in bid to tame building collapses
Landlords stare at massive dip in rentals incomes
Landlords admitted that they have now resigned to fate as they join the nation in hoping for recovery from the crisis
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Landlords stare at massive dip in rentals incomes
How Covid-19 has rekindled family love
The coronavirus scare that has forced more people to remain at home has rekindled family values that were previously taken for granted.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
How Covid-19 has rekindled family love
Urban tenants want tighter controls on landlords
The Urban Tenants Association of Kenya (Utak) wants the Rent Restriction Tribunal amended to give renters more power to deal with landlords.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Urban tenants want tighter controls on landlords
Maragua where women rule in tenant ownership
For the commercial business premises, rental rates average between Sh200 and Sh500 per square foot.
By Mwangi Muiruri 3 years ago
Maragua where women rule in tenant ownership
Tenants want tighter controls on landlords
Utak argues that such an authority will segment commercial houses by location and size and enforce ceilings on rent and rates to apply.
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Tenants want tighter controls on landlords
How you could lose millions to crafty cartels
Cons have set up base in the county, drawn by recent developments such as roads upgrade and power connection that have seen property prices shoot up
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
How you could lose millions to crafty cartels
Embakasi property owners sit on gold as grabbers circle
Mistrust between directors of land buying company and government over members’ register has opened the door for fraudsters
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Embakasi property owners sit on gold as grabbers circle
Murang'a homes to get cheap cooking gas
Sewerage firm plans to tap fuel from biogas plant set for completion by next year
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Murang'a homes to get cheap cooking gas
Murang’a to boost youth artisans
The Murang’a County government has said it will use Sh100 million in the next four months to fund Jua Kali artisans.
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Murang’a to boost youth artisans
NCA seeks more bite in enforcing building code
Regulator is pushing for law change to enable it to prosecute offenders in a bid to tame rising cases of building collapses
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
NCA seeks more bite in enforcing building code
Why buildings owners could pay hefty damages for discrimination
Law requires ease of access for people with disabilities, but housing developers rarely comply with the requirement
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Why buildings owners could pay hefty damages for discrimination
'Mountain Cities' plan excites Kirinyaga real estate industry
Kirinyaga County is planning a revolution in its property sector by turning its four sub-counties into mini cities.
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
'Mountain Cities' plan excites Kirinyaga real estate industry
Inside Kiambu’s high stakes but risky property sector
Compiled 10 years ago, and promptly forgotten, document found the area’s buildings were a disaster in waiting
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Inside Kiambu’s high stakes but risky property sector
Government cuts time of sealing property deals by 57 days
State to compensate for losses resulting from reliance on erroneous official records
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Government cuts time of sealing property deals by 57 days
The sweet and the sour in Nakuru city proposal
It is set to be Kenya’s fourth major metropolis, but was it pushed a little too early?
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
The sweet and the sour in Nakuru city proposal
Co-ops best path to agenda, Uhuru told
President Uhuru Kenyatta has been advised to use the cooperative model to realise his push to build 500,000 low and middle cost housing units
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
Co-ops best path to agenda, Uhuru told
State mulls land bank to aid real estate deals
One stop shop land bank on the way to ease public/private real estate pacts
By Mwangi Muiruri 4 years ago
State mulls land bank to aid real estate deals
Transport tycoon's widow battles lender over Sh174m 'fictitious' loan
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