Pressure for office space in counties

Multi-storeyed buildings within Kisii town’s CBD. [ PHOTO: ERIC ABUGE / STANDARD]

For decades, many towns in counties have been majorly comprised of a few blocks acting as offices for government workers, some commercial houses and offices for non-government organisations operating in these regions.

This has meant that many town now acting as county headquarters, away from major urban centres, have been small centres, many with buildings of questionable quality and limited capacity. But with the rapid expansion of the towns, mostly driven by the devolved system of governance, which has seen increased pressure for office space, constructors are turning their attention to the estates as they look for space to put up more commercial building.