Investors to lose rent income as fiat on police housing takes effect

Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet addressing media at National Police College Embakasi ‘A’ Campus shortly before he held a meeting with police officers on Saturday November 3rd, 2018. The theme of the meeting was: A new policy framework on the reorganization of National Police Service and provision of decent and affordable housing for officers.(Jenipher Wachie, Standard)

Deputy President William Ruto could be among hundreds of property developers who are set to lose billions of shillings in rent as Treasury starts effecting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s order on provision of houses to police officers.

The directive is to save the government up to Sh3 billion on renting houses for junior police officers from private developers.