Our right to a working city is the most basic
A city's transformation hinges on its collective power to reshape things. At the moment, greed is reshaping Nairobi city, fanned by lacklustre leadership.
By Nashon Okowa 1 year ago
Our right to a working city is the most basic
Set up project management offices to track infrastructure development
If we are going to have a fair, honest shot at leaping out of our current state of development as country, we must centralise successful delivery of public projects.
By Nashon Okowa 1 year ago
Set up project management offices to track infrastructure development
What to do for your real estate project to pay off
When the difference between a product and another is just price, it has been commoditised. The real estate sector is flooded with commoditised projects - projects conceived in bar and chama talks.
By Nashon Okowa 2 years ago
What to do for your real estate project to pay off
Let's be wary of rising 'vigilante' resident groups
Just a week or so ago, a dominant discussion ensued after the Karen residents association stated that they will not allow inappropriate buildings in their neighbourhood.
By Nashon Okowa 2 years ago
Let's be wary of rising 'vigilante' resident groups
For President Ruto's government it has to be housing, not ownership
The government, both national and devolved, must scale up the non-profit development of non-market housing on public/community-owned land
By Nashon Okowa 2 years ago
For President Ruto's government it has to be housing, not ownership
Letter to Sakaja: You need to start with city planning, waste problem
Like your predecessors, you have been handed the opportunity to be legendary. Nairobi City is in your hands; seize this historical moment in stride.
By Nashon Okowa 2 years ago
Letter to Sakaja: You need to start with city planning, waste problem
Tedious construction approval process fuelling building collapses
Cheered on by a corrupt construction supervisory system that can be easily made to look the other way, they have become emboldened to break the set guidelines with unparalleled impunity.
By Nashon Okowa 2 years ago
Tedious construction approval process fuelling building collapses
Hard hit construction industry must steel itself for worse times
In most contracts, there is no contractual remedy for the rising material costs due to the deletion of the fluctuation clause during the contract signing.
By Nashon Okowa 2 years ago
Hard hit construction industry must steel itself for worse times
To stop collapse of buildings, give NCA teeth to bite
The onus is on the construction industry statutory authorities to stop people from executing such projects.
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
To stop collapse of buildings, give NCA teeth to bite
Let's speak boldly against real estate con games
Nearly all built environment professions have strong professional associations, yet they have constantly chosen silence whenever evil rears its head.
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
Let's speak boldly against real estate con games
What Nakuru ‘city’ governor must do to make history
Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui deserves a pat on the back with the town on the brink of greatness.
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
What Nakuru ‘city’ governor must do to make history
City expressway chaos could have been avoided
Government projects in Kenya, and largely in Africa, are synonymous with delays.
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
City expressway chaos could have been avoided
Draft National Building Code requires new ideas to reflect the 21st-century environment rut of inertia
There is nothing much to hold a candle to; these have been regulations to preserve the status quo and/or massage dusty egos.
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
Draft National Building Code requires new ideas to reflect the 21st-century environment rut of inertia
Why the diaspora must engage real estate experts
The frustrations our diaspora citizens have endured in construction and real estate industry are legendry and painful for a majority of them.
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
Why the diaspora must engage real estate experts
Let all counties engage experts in construction
How does a teacher who wants to build a house in the village access a registered architect and engineer?
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
Let all counties engage experts in construction
Why real estate developers must step up integrity
There should be no substitute for honesty and integrity in the real estate industry.
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
Why real estate developers must step up integrity
How expressway city traffic mess can be avoided
Has anyone thought about the economic cost this is causing to the city?
By Nashon Okowa 3 years ago
How expressway city traffic mess can be avoided
Proposals on county projects are welcome
Now, let’s talk about proposals on county governments’ development projects spending.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Proposals on county projects are welcome
Rethink public projects to stem costly delays
The inability to complete projects on time and within budget continues to be a chronic problem worldwide and is worsening
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Rethink public projects to stem costly delays
Why we should urgently review our city planning
The uncontrolled developments route we have been on for some time now will be our detriment.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Why we should urgently review our city planning
Think of service charge when buying a house
Still, most buyers pay little consideration to what awaits them on the other end as monthly service charge when buying a house.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Think of service charge when buying a house
Build or buy? Why housing investors have to get it right
The recent unfortunate happenings in the real estate sector are inadvertently driving many people to consider building a house over buying one,
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Build or buy? Why housing investors have to get it right
Badi: Either fit in or change the city
It would be a travesty if I fail to remind you of just one of your predecessor’s sins; the human tongue is a ravaging beast that few can master.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Badi: Either fit in or change the city
New construction rules flawed, lack views of Kenyans
Truth is seldom pleasant. Yet we should faithfully commit attention to its pursuit lest it evades us.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
New construction rules flawed, lack views of Kenyans
Enough with these unscrupulous real estate developers
Families are steeped in finance debts while we canonise the purported fraudsters.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Enough with these unscrupulous real estate developers
Our nation’s moral fabric is in decadence; let’s fix it
Our behaviour during this pandemic has abandoned me to the incessant thought of this question; floundering for answers every time.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Our nation’s moral fabric is in decadence; let’s fix it
Cushion construction sector to save economy
The novel coronavirus has hit the construction industry at a worse time.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Cushion construction sector to save economy
Greed hurting investments in real estate
Yet majority consciously disregard this cardinal rule of investment and always jump into the real estate industry investment based on hearsay.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Greed hurting investments in real estate
End the deliberate confusion facing our Roads sector
Let us devolve most of the roads and maintain a lean road network under KeNHA
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
End the deliberate confusion facing our Roads sector
Persistent delay of construction approvals wrong
The theatrics at the helm of City Hall is akin to Shakespeare’s character Hamlet.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Persistent delay of construction approvals wrong
Why I disagree with BBI on increasing devolution funds
There is no doubt that devolution has had its share of success in the last seven or so years. It has also experienced myriad challenges.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Why I disagree with BBI on increasing devolution funds
Stem waste while building to boost real estate margins
We cannot get high real estate margins when we are stuck to medieval construction methods
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Stem waste while building to boost real estate margins
Why ignorance of finer details hurts lazy home buyers
Some home buyers ignorantly believe the defects liability period is counted from the date they possess the house
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
Why ignorance of finer details hurts lazy home buyers
To optimise returns in real estate ensure project management
The speed of current breakthroughs has no historical precedence; disrupting every industry on its course.
By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago
To optimise returns in real estate ensure project management
Stop empty rhetoric and act on negligent building agencies
Building collapses in Kenya is well-documented in various task force reports gathering dust on shelves.
By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago
Stop empty rhetoric and act on negligent building agencies
Awarding contracts to lowest bidder is not always the best
The contractor would then be on the hunt for cheaper materials to substitute where he can get away with it.
By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago
Awarding contracts to lowest bidder is not always the best
One stop shop key for construction approval
There has been government rhetoric, for some time now, around formation of a one-stop shop for construction approvals.
By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago
One stop shop key for construction approval
Property developers should disclose loans to buyers
What is happening in our property market? Why is it easy, or so it seems, for people to con or be conned.
By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago
Property developers should disclose loans to buyers
Streamline training of building contractors
The lumping up of contractors during training should cease forthwith.
By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago
Streamline training of building contractors
Off-plan property sales are good, just protect the buyers
The recent surge in negative sentiments towards off-plan house purchase is not new.
By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago
Off-plan property sales are good, just protect the buyers
There is no difference between Kenyan politics and shadow plays
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