Boost for Nakuru County housing project

Minors play in County council estate in Naivasha which will be renovated by the Nakuru County government in the coming financial year. The county has waived the rent paid by the poor residents until the colonial houses are rehabilitated. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The planned construction of over 2,000 low cost houses in Naivasha by World Bank (WB) has received a major boost after the earmarked land, which had changed hands to a private developer was returned to the Nakuru County government.

Two traders who had bought the controversial land have agreed to hand over the 35 acres to the county on promise that they will be allocated another parcel by the national government.