[Source: The Standard, by Macharia Kamau]
The government plans to build 10,000 housing units on a 56-acre parcel of land in Nairobi’s Industrial Area for residents of the Mukuru slum.
The land was recently repossessed from grabbers.
The State Department of Housing and Urban Development said it would build social housing units that will benefit the dwellers of informal settlements in Mukuru.
The land previously belonged to the Kenya Meteorological Department but was transferred to five private firms in 2005…
