It has been 8 months with 4 left to close the year. What is the state of our construction industry here in Kenya?

Government says they have created over 140k jobs through affordable housing over the last two years. Is this true?

The Kenyan National Building Code 2024 was launched recently. However, I do not find much that is 'National' about it. Here is my concerns with this code.

What are the various construction approvals in Kenya? Who is involved and what is the process of obtaining them? 

What to expect in the Construction and Real Estate industry this year. How is the year looking?

Today, we have normalized the abnormal, cost overruns on projects has become a norm. It is almost a 'criminal offence' to finish a project within the budget. How dare you? Projects are drowning in unbridled careless cost variations that is worse on the public sector. Nairobi is replete with stalled projects due to unabated cost variations. How do you manage to execute a project within the set budget? and is it even possible? I discuss that at length in this podcast.

Finishing projects within the set timelines has become an expensive luxury in our industry today. Why is it so? Why are we unable to finish projects on time? I explore this extensively in this episode.

Are you thinking of borrowing money from a bank or Sacco to build your house? Here is one of the most critical things to carefully pay attention to.

The society has somehow carefully conditioned us to believe that if you don't own a house then you are failure. Home ownership is somehow equated to arrival at the success summit. However, sometimes, renting instead of buying can be the most sensible financial decision. Listen in as we deliberate on this.

The housing levy has been one of the most debate public issue probably in the last century. The government's intention is to have a 1.5% housing levy on the salaried citizens and use this money to fund the affordable housing agenda. In this episode I interrogate the potential success of this agenda and Levy.