August 2020

The government has announced plans to build 10,000 affordable houses in Nairobi’s Industrial Area. The State Department of Housing and Urban Development said the units will be constructed on a 56-acre parcel of land that was recently recovered from grabbers. The land was originally owned by the Kenya Meteorological Department but was transferred to five private companies in 2005 until recently when...

Kindly note that these questions presume that the property in question is top in your list of options. Where is the land? (establish the physical location-might require presence of experts) What is the size? (Does what the vendor says match with what is on the ground?) What are the prevailing physical conditions of the land? (water logged when it rains? Quick sand? Area prone to mud/landslides?...