Period: September 7 to 13, 2015

Regulator orders fresh review of building permits

8/9/2015: Business Daily

• All building permits approved this year by the construction industry regulator will be reviewed afresh to weed out rogue officials who have colluded with property owner to license shoddy building projects.
• The NCA has set up 12 regional offices, each to be headed by a manager, as part of efforts to enhance surveillance on construction projects.

The problem with the studio apartments

10/9/2015: Daily Nation, DN2 Magazine, Page 6

• Many of the studio apartments and 1 bedroom is estates such as Eastlands, Embakasi, Githurai, Zimmerman are facing unique problem of lacking fresh air circulation in all the rooms, thus it becomes embarrassing to use restroom when guests are around, since the odor that follows affects those in other rooms.
• Buildings here are clustered so close to each other there is no free circulation of fresh air.

Rice and wheat waste to deliver low-cost houses

10/9/2015: Daily Standard, Home & Away Magazine, Page 2

• International Green Structures, an American based company is rolling out construction panels made of rice and wheat straws that can be fixed on site for 3 days.The company has invested over Kshs.700 million in the production plant in Thika in order to assemble enough compressed agriculture fiber (CAF) panels to construct at least 3,000 houses a year.
• The company has invested over Kshs.700 million in the production plant in Thika in order to assemble enough compressed agriculture fiber (CAF) panels to construct at least 3,000 houses a year.Building over 3,000 houses annually creates over 1,300 jobs with the ripple effect of benefiting thousands either through salaries or other benefits of the job training.
• Building over 3,000 houses annually creates over 1,300 jobs with the ripple effect of benefiting thousands either through salaries or other benefits of the job training.

Demolitions:50,000 city buildings in the cross-hairs

10/9/2015: Daily Standard, Home & Away Magazine, Page 3

• Illegally constructed buildings in Nairobi will be demolished within 6 months following provisions of a new law.
• The approved Nairobi city county regulations of development bill gives developers who build homes without approvals 6 months to seek fresh permits or have them demolished