Types of Land Ownership There are two types of estate ownership of land in Kenya; freehold and leasehold. Freehold This is absolute ownership of land as besides municipal rates, no other taxes are levied. The municipal rates are determined by the unimproved site value of the land. Leasehold In most cases, the land is owned […]
The sensitivity of Land as a subject in Kenya……. Crimes revolving around Land acquisition in Kenya have been some of the most complex assignments by the judicial system since independence having started almost immediately after the colonial government. This is the same time that land injustices started being experienced in various parts of the country […]
The government has rolled out a plan to construct a total of 1,500 housing units in Pangani and another 1,600 to be built in Jevanjee. Six leading local banks, Absa, Equity, KCB, NCBA, Housing Finance, and Stanbic, have also confirmed their commitment to giving Sh335 billion for homeownership mortgages, all this under the Affordable Housing […]
Landlords will only waive rents for Tenants who provide documents proving that they cannot earn income during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Urban Tenants Association of Kenya, some tenants, especially those living in residential areas have been hiding behind the Covid-19 crisis and are deliberately refusing to pay their rents and yet they can […]