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Top hotels put on sale amid industry slump

By Wainaina Wambu 13 hours ago

Top hotels put on sale amid industry slump

Flights ban takes toll on construction

By James Wanzala 1 day ago

Flights ban takes toll on construction

South African store open doors in Kenya

By Awal Mohammed 1 day ago

South African store open doors in Kenya

Why slums could buckle under the weight of corona

By The Conversation 1 day ago

Why slums could buckle under the weight of corona

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What Raila risked losing by backing Senate cash formula

Jacob Ng'etich
Hunt for Covid-19 billions commence

Dominic Omondi and Rawlings Otieno
Top hotels put on sale amid industry slump

Wainaina Wambu
What is contributing to Kenya's ballooning Covid-19 deaths

Graham Kajilwa
Woman, 62, jailed for 35 years left family for crime

Kamore Maina

THE STANDARD INSIDER

Why you could say bye to your favourite bar

Why you could say bye to your favourite bar

Stevens Muendo 2 hours ago

Threats, politics and evictions: Who will save East Africa’s most important forest?

Threats, politics and evictions: Who will save East Africa’s most important forest?

Caroline Chebet 3 hours ago

Kent recalls how he fell former world heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali

Kent recalls how he fell former world heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali

Washington Onyango 5 hours ago

Woman, 62, jailed for 35 years left family for crime

Woman, 62, jailed for 35 years left family for crime

Kamore Maina 13 hours ago

Nairobi Railway Station turns into a modern city

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Nairobi Railway Station turns into a modern city

The project forms part of core strategy for regeneration of Nairobi City

Fredrick Obura 3 days ago

'The road that made us Kenyans'

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'The road that made us Kenyans'

After decades of being left out as the rest of the country jogged on, northern Kenya has flourished following construction of Nairobi-Moyale road.

Awal Mohammed and Velma Oduori 1 week ago

How digitisation could turn the tide on wily land cartels

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How digitisation could turn the tide on wily land cartels

With all land-related data finally set to go into a digital platform, cases of irregularities associated with land conveyance will fall.

Peter Theuri 1 week ago

Rents drop on low occupancy levels

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Rents drop on low occupancy levels

Knight Frank report attributes fall to oversupply and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Wainaina Wambu 1 week ago

Why Makuti roof is a lasting feature in Coast hotel design

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Why Makuti roof is a lasting feature in Coast hotel design

Hotels use traditional thatch to create designs that are major attraction for tourists.

Philip Mwakio 1 week ago

Building owners ordered to re-paint premises within 60 days.

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Building owners ordered to re-paint premises within 60 days.

Colours to be applied shall be as originally approved and any changes to the same must be approved by Nairobi Metropolitan Services prior to applying

Sara Okuoro 1 week ago

Kenya's forest communities face eviction from ancestral lands

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Kenya's forest communities face eviction from ancestral lands

About 300 families from the Ogiek community who inhabit Mau Forest, 28 families from the Sengwer people in Embobut Forest saw their homes demolished

Reuters 2 weeks ago

Nearly one billion people scared of losing homes or land, poll finds

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Nearly one billion people scared of losing homes or land, poll finds

People in the Philippines and Burkina Faso reported the highest levels of concern

Reuters 2 weeks ago

CHECKPOINT

Easy as ABC? Why re-opening schools is not an open-shut case

Easy as ABC? Why re-opening schools is not an open-shut case

Jael Mboga 2 hours ago

Texas Doctor Claims hydroxychloroquine is cure for Covid-19: True or False

Texas Doctor Claims hydroxychloroquine is cure for Covid-19: True or False

Judah Ben-Hur 1 week ago

Helb not planning to suspend loans for engineering students

Helb not planning to suspend loans for engineering students

Hillary Orinde 1 month ago

Picture of lions at a quarry in NNP taken out of context

Picture of lions at a quarry in NNP taken out of context

Hillary Orinde 1 month ago

Clarification: Murathe did not warn Jubilee MPs over skipping Jubilee PG

Clarification: Murathe did not warn Jubilee MPs over skipping Jubilee PG

Standard Reporter 1 month ago

Warehouse firms rush to fill gap in market

Warehouse firms rush to fill gap in market

Wainaina Wambu 2 weeks ago

Radisson adds six hotels in Africa in bet on future growth

Radisson adds six hotels in Africa in bet on future growth

Reuters 2 weeks ago

Builders take row on new industry rules to Senate

Builders take row on new industry rules to Senate

Peter Theuri 2 weeks ago

Badi, Sonko war of words escalate over Westland’s grabbed land

Badi, Sonko war of words escalate over Westland’s grabbed land

Josephat Thiong'o 3 weeks ago

Polytechnic to pioneer training in scaffolding

Polytechnic to pioneer training in scaffolding

Philip Mwakio 3 weeks ago

Covid-19 hastens death of the office

Covid-19 hastens death of the office

Wainaina Wambu and Peter Theuri 3 weeks ago

How a 50km road project built property millionaires

How a 50km road project built property millionaires

Awal Mohammed 3 weeks ago

Why street vendors belong in the modern city

Why street vendors belong in the modern city

The Conversation 3 weeks ago

State not keen to demolish Langata houses

State not keen to demolish Langata houses

Moses Nyamori 3 weeks ago

Pensioners' reprieve as Sh26b suit withdrawn

Pensioners' reprieve as Sh26b suit withdrawn

Wainaina Wambu 4 weeks ago

Expectations high as Sh6b project kicks off

Expectations high as Sh6b project kicks off

Phares Mutembei 4 weeks ago

Rental yields drop on the back of Covid turbulence

Rental yields drop on the back of Covid turbulence

Peter Theuri 4 weeks ago

Agency stops construction of buildings in city

Agency stops construction of buildings in city

Anyango Otieno 1 month ago

Harambee Sacco applies for mortgage license

Harambee Sacco applies for mortgage license

Wainaina Wambu 1 month ago

Dollar-based rent pushes out foreign retailers

Dollar-based rent pushes out foreign retailers

Wainaina Wambu 1 month ago

What’s next for SMEs in the Covid-19 pandemic era?

What’s next for SMEs in the Covid-19 pandemic era?

Biko Rading 1 month ago

Ruiru now eyes spot as Kenya's next city

Ruiru now eyes spot as Kenya's next city

Fidelis Kabunyi 1 month ago

Sh3.2b housing row case begins

Sh3.2b housing row case begins

Faith Karanja 1 month ago

How firm started by slain Juma was used to loot maize millions

How firm started by slain Juma was used to loot maize millions

Everlyne Kwamboka 1 month ago

Taita Taveta County sued over Sh5.5 million rent arrears

Taita Taveta County sued over Sh5.5 million rent arrears

Renson Mnyamwezi 1 month ago

Property sector faces reboot in Covid-19 rebound

Property sector faces reboot in Covid-19 rebound

Peter Theuri 1 month ago

How urbanisation created conditions for pandemic

How urbanisation created conditions for pandemic

The Conversation 1 month ago

Nakuru town’s housing sector in turbulence

Nakuru town’s housing sector in turbulence

Ben Ahenda 1 month ago

Fortunes crash for Africa’s hotel developers amid travel shutdown

Fortunes crash for Africa’s hotel developers amid travel shutdown

Peter Theuri 1 month ago

Tenants oppose KPA pension scheme plan to sell houses

Tenants oppose KPA pension scheme plan to sell houses

Protus Onyango and Willis Oketch 1 month ago

Nairobi among world expensive cities for expatriates

Nairobi among world expensive cities for expatriates

Fredrick Obura 1 month ago

MCAs query Sh218 million World Bank project

MCAs query Sh218 million World Bank project

Edward Kosut 1 month ago

Experts flag Ngara houses as high risk

Experts flag Ngara houses as high risk

Macharia Kamau 1 month ago

Builders read mischief in new regulations gazetted by State

Builders read mischief in new regulations gazetted by State

Peter Theuri 1 month ago

HF hands over Sh700 million houses to buyers

HF hands over Sh700 million houses to buyers

James Wanzala 1 month ago

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