Failure to complete a building will land you in jail for five years

Tuition block under construction at Maseno University. The University has embarked on multi-million expansion programme to address shoratge of lecture halls and students hostels. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Real estate developers and prospective homeowners in the country are in for a shock following the enactment of a new law which requires all developments to be completed within five years.

According to the Physical and Land Use Planning Act, 2019, which came into effect on August 5, it is now mandatory that once a developer has been given approval by the county government, construction must start within three years.