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State pledges to iron out land, tax hitches in 60 days

Lands CS Zachariah Njeru (second-right) consults with KMRC CEO Johnstone Oltetia (left), PSs Julius Muia (centre) and Charles Hinga during the Kenya Affordable Housing Conference at the KICC, Nairobi. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

The government has pledged to iron out all bottlenecks to land acquisition and tax reliefs for developers in the next 60 days as a way of spearheading its goal to provide 250,000 affordable houses annually.

Within the same period, the government will also be breaking ground for 42,000 units in Kiambu, Machakos and Nairobi counties.

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