Lands and Housing Stories

CS Wahome: Housing levy contribution not guarantee to home ownership
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Feb 19, 2025

In March 2023, Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga had indicated that the housing levy is a form of saving, not a tax.

Alarm over escalating ASAL community conflicts amidst growing climate disasters
Alfred Onyango  |  Feb 14, 2025

The KIPPRA study report says Kenya, as well as other parts of Africa, will experience greater climatic variability and increasing rates of drought in...

New report shows Kenya losing Sh534 billion annually to deforestation, forest degradation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 13, 2025

The report warns that the ongoing destruction of forests costs the economy at least three per cent of its gross domestic product annually.

CS Wahome admits state may not build 1 million affordable housing units by 2027
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 06, 2025

CS Wahome cited a variety of factors including court cases and a lack of streamlined processes as the reasons for the delay.

Submit documents to protect schools from land grabbers, Wahome tells headteachers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 04, 2025

A 2019 report indicated that only 30 per cent of Kenya's public schools had secured title deeds, leaving over 22,000 schools vulnerable to land grabbi...

Win for Isiolo residents as court orders closure of conservancies on community land
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 30, 2025

They sued Northern Rangelands Trust which was operating as the umbrella for CBOs running wildlife conservancies in unregistered community lands.

Huduma centres, lands offices, and county hospitals top list of corrupt public institutions
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 29, 2025

The Ministry of Lands emerged the most corrupt institution, with 27.9 per cent of respondents reporting bribery.

Dutch government confirms receiving over 300 emails from Kenyans opposing planned monarchs' visit
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 15, 2025

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, speaking on behalf of the Government Information Service, acknowledged awareness of the reported human rights v...

How free emergency medical services are saving lives in Nairobi slums riddled with poverty, violence
Mary Wambui  |  Jan 12, 2025

Lavender House Clinic project is not only treating illnesses but transforming lives, one patient at a time.

Netherlands’ King and Queen scheduled for state visit to Kenya in March
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 08, 2025

According to the Royal House, the visit highlights the strong relations and growing cooperation between Kenya and the Netherlands. The Netherlands aim...

At least 69 migrants killed in shipwreck off Morocco on deadly route to Spain
Reuters  |  Dec 27, 2024

A record 10,457 people - or nearly 30 people a day - died attempting to reach Spain this year from all routes, according to the report.

Former DO loses Sh5 million, prime property to state in land grabbing case
Joseph Ndunda  |  Dec 14, 2024

The former administrator lost the tussle over the land to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) which had sued him together with a hotel.

Neglect hurts northern frontier's chances of proving its potential - Wajir South MP
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 09, 2024

The world today is looking at food security as the number one agenda yet we have neglected 80 per cent of this country agriculturally.

Death toll in Uganda landslide that buried several villages rises to 28
Reuters  |  Dec 03, 2024

Since October, unusually heavy rains have triggered widespread flooding and landslides in some areas of Uganda.

Death toll in Uganda landslide rises to 17, dozens of homes buried
Reuters  |  Nov 30, 2024

The area where the landslide occurred is mountainous and has experienced similar disasters in the past, including an avalanche in 2010 that killed at...

Fifteen dead, more than 100 missing in Uganda landslide
Reuters  |  Nov 29, 2024

At least 40 households were completely buried, the Uganda Red Cross Society said in a statement, while others were partially damaged.

Congo landslide kills at least nine people, most of them children
Reuters  |  Nov 24, 2024

A local civil society group said seven homes had been swept away and 31 damaged, putting the death toll at 10.

Concerns raised as indigenous fish species in Lamu's freshwater lake dwindle
Farhiya Hussein  |  Nov 12, 2024

The lake is also impacted by overgrazing and sand harvesting, pollution, and competition for its resources pitting farmers against pastoralists.

Ministry of Lands urges Kenyans to pick title deeds uncollected since 2015
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 29, 2024

Affected people have been urged to cross-check their names to confirm if they are on the list released by the ministry.

Mombasa CEC granted Sh1 million anticipatory bond in abduction, gang rape case
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 14, 2024

Justice Kagendo directed that the investigation be completed within six months, noting that the same bond terms should apply to any similar cases.

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