The Developer's Digest, October - December 2018 Issue

The Developer’s 

Digest 

A Publication by the Kenya Property Developers Association 

OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2018 ISSUE 

TOPIC OF THIS ISSUE: 

Managing 

Infrastructure Costs: 

Lessons from Two Rivers




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Message from the CEO 1 

Have Your Say 5 

Gallery of Events 18 

KPDA Directory of Members 23 

NCCG Building Permitting Approvals 29 

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KPDA SECRETARIAT 

Chief Executive Officer 

Elizabeth Mwangi – Oluoch 




JULY - SEPTEMBER 2018 ISSUE 

Fatima Flats, Suite 4B 

Marcus Garvey Road 

Off Argwings Kodhek Rd 

Nairobi, Kenya 

Tel: + 254 737 530 290 

+ 254 725 286 689 

Email: ceo@kpda.or.ke 

Website: www.kpda.or.ke 

Finance and Membership Support Officer 

Grace Hinga 

Finance and Administrative Officer 

Vincent Mwango 

Membership Relations Officer 

Cynthia Wakio 

Communications Intern 

Anne Wangui 


KPDA Really Does 

Value You 


Housing: 

Unavailable and Unaffordable 



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Message from the CEO 

ABOUT US 

"Minha Casa Minha Vida" 

In 2014, the Minha Casa Minha Vida Housing Programme 

was established. In English (“My House My Life”), it is 

Brazil’s first-ever effort at large-scale public housing, an 

ambitious nationwide program tasked with constructing 3.4 

million homes as part of a broader effort to upgrade and 

modernize the nation’s cities. 

Participants of the program are offered financing options 

to either buy a home constructed by the government or to 

renovate an existing one. Families with monthly incomes 

of less than R$5,000 (approximately Kshs. 130, 000) are 

invited to apply, with priority given to families who earn less 

than R$1,600 (approximately Kshs. 42, 000) per month. 

It is an inclusive and innovative programme that has 

seen the country house 4.1 milliion people so far, 

that translates to about 2 million people per year, and 

still counting. This story is one that we should al read for 

inspiration on Kenya’s Big 4 Housing Agenda. You can 

access a presentation delivered by Brazil’s former Housing 

Minister, Ms. Ines Magalhaes. PLEASE CLICK HERE 

The end of 2018 and as KPDA, we are grateful for the year 

it has been. It has not been an easy one for us as we have 

seen a noticeable slump in investment in the real estate 

sector following the long electioneering period in 2017, but 

2019 holds nothing but hope for us, it shall be better! 

In this issue, we have a follow up article to the CEO 

Breakfast Forum that we held in October whose 

key sponsor and speaker was Two Rivers 

Development Ltd. The article delves into the 

various infrastructure-related challenges to 

look out for when it comes to setting up a large 

mixed use development, as well as mitigating 

solutions for them. 

As the year comes to a close, we at the secretariat 

would like to express our deepest gratitude to 

you for all the support you have given us in terms 

of attending events, paying up your subscriptions and 

being active members as we continue to advocate for a 

better business environment for our members. 

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New 

Year! 

Thank you for believing in our dream... 

Elizabeth 

KPDA Achievements 

KPDA WINS, AUGUST 2018 

KPDA MEMBER APPOINTED 

AS A MEMBER OF THE 

NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION 

AUTHORITY BOARD 

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, 

Housing and Urban 

Development, Mr. James 

W. Macharia on Friday 24th 

August 2018 gazetted the 

appointment of members of 

the Board of the National 

Construction Authority for a 

period of 3 years with effect 

from 1st July 2018. 

KPDA Board Director, 

Ken Luusa will represent 

KPDA on the Board. This is a huge milestone for 

the Association and we have every confidence 

that Ken shall ably represent the interests of KPDA 

members. 

KPDA MEMBERS 

APPOINTED TO THE 

TASKFORCE ON 

ELECTRONIC LAND 

TRANSACTIONS AND 

CONVEYANCING SYSTEM 

The Cabinet Secretary 

for Lands and Physical 

Planning on Friday 3rd 

August 2018 gazetted the 

taskforce on Electronic Land 

Transactions, Registration, 

Conveyancing and other 

related activities under Land 

Registration Act, 2012; Land 

Act, 2012 and Community Land Act, 2016. Mr. 

Eric Nyadimo, Chairman GIS Chapter, will chair 

the 15 member committee that includes 1 KPDA 

Member, Mr. David Gatimu. Other nominated 

KPDA members include Caroline Kihara of KCB 

and Esther Omulele of MMC Africa Law who are 

also members of KPDA. 

Esther Omulele 

Caroline Kihara 

KPDA VISITS THE WATER 

RESOURCE AUTHORITY 

(WRA), 3 rd AUGUST 2018 

On Friday, 3 rd August 2018 the KPDA Regulatory 

Bodies Working Group were garciously hosted by 

the Chief Executive Officer of the Water Resources 

Authority, Mr. Mohamed Moulid Shurie. The group 

was well received and praised for ‘their courage to 

contact the regulatory body despite the somewhat 

tumultous relationship that exists between WRA 

and private developers.’ 

During the meeting, KPDA officials emphasized 

that ‘KPDA members are keen to ensure close 

and focused engagement with regulatory 

bodies such as WRA who KPDA members 

interact with whilst doing business in the 

Kenyan real estate sector.’ 



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ABOUT US 

ABOUT US 





KPDA is keen to continue its engagement with 

WRA particularly on the Protection of Riparian 

Areas, Wastage Discharge and Sensitization/ 

Awareness on WRA and its mandate. 

To receive a copy of the contacts for Regional 

and Sub-Regional Offices and Managers, please 

contact the KPDA secretariat on 0737 530 290 or 

0725 286 689. 

The Water Resources Authority (WRA) – formerly 

the Water Resources Management Authority, is a 

state corporation established under Section 11 of 

the Water Act, 2016. Pursuant to Section 6 of the 

Act which came in to effect on 21st April, 2017 vide 

Legal Notice No. 59, the Authority is an Agent of 

the National Government responsible for regulating 

the management and use of water resources. 

The Water Act, 2016 makes extensive provisions 

on the Authority’s role in regulating the use and 

management of water resources. 

CONTACTS 

Water Resources Authority 

NHIF Building, 9th Floor, Wing B off Ngong Road 

Telephone: +254 20 2732291/2729950 

www.wra.go.ke 

THE PROGRAM 

IMPLEMENTATION UNIT ON 

THE DELIVERY OF 500, 000 

HOUSING UNITS HOLDS A 

MEETING ON 2ND AUGUST 

2018 

The Program Implementation Unit (PIU) on the 

delivery of 500, 000 housing units, which is 

under the State Department for Housing, Urban 

Development and Public Works held a meeting on 

Thursday, 2nd August 2018. KPDA who also has 

nominees on the various technical committees of 

the PIU was in attendance. 

The various subcommittees are organized 

into the various thematic areas that shall 

assist the private sector to invest in 

affordable hsouing through its engagemenyt with 

the government. These sub committees are; 

1. Revenue/Finance 

2. Technology/Techniques 

3. Land 

4. Infrastructure & Services 

5. Information Communication & Technologies 

6. Communications and PR 

7. Stakeholder Coordination 

8. Procurement/PPP/Contracting 

9. Legislation 

For more information on the PIU or the KPDA 

Affordable Housing Task Force, please contact the 

KPDA secretariat through the email address 

ceo@kpda.or.ke. 

KPDA PAYS THE NATIONAL 

BUILDINGS INSPECTORATE 

(NBI) A COURTESY CALL, 

2 nd AUGUST 2018 

Representatives from the KPDA Regulatory 

Bodies Working Group paid a courtesy visit 

to the Secretary of the National Buildings 

Inspectorate, Qs. Moses Nyakiongora at their 

offices in Works House. 

During the meeting, NBI was able to share a brief 

on its objective to ‘ensure that a safe, healthy, 

quality sustainable built environment was achieved 

through observation of the laid down building 

regulations and standards thorough continous 

Quality testing, Audit and Inspections of unsafe 

buildings and structures.’ 

NBI was conceived as a result of Presidential 

Directive in 2015, following a spate of buildings 

collapsing in Nairobi. 

NBI is currently not anchored in any law the 

proposed Built Environment Bill 2012 seeks to 

bring order in the booming construction industry by 

establishing minimum standards and practices will 

also establish the Building Authority of Kenya. 

KPDA will be seeking to engage with NBI in order 

to establish a specific liaision to address member 

needs, carry out sensitization on buiolding safety 

and partner to train on building regulations and 

standards as well as the aspects of NBI’s Quality 

testing, Audit and Inspections of unsafe buildings 

and structures. 

We will keep members posted as we continue to 

engage with the National Buildings Inspectorate. 

For more information on NBI, please contact the 

Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban 

Development or visit the NBI offices located at Works 

House along Ngong Road in Nairobi. 

KENYA PROPERTY 

DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION 

Fatima Flats, Suite 4 B 

Marcus Garvey Road 

Off Argwings Kodhek Road 

Kilimani Area 

P. O. Box 76154 - 00508 

NAIROBI, KENYA 

Telephone: +254 737 530 290 

+254 725 286 689 



Welcoming Message 

To New Members 

We would like to welcome the newest members to the KPDA fold: 

- G & G Mabati Mills Ltd 

- Boogertman and Partners Architects Ltd 

- Sarma Enterprises Ltd 

- Tysons Ltd 



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Managing Infrastructure Costs 

Lessons From Two Rivers 

There will 

be some 

common 

themes in the 

proposed 

remedies... 

HAVE YOUR SAY 

“48 percent of projects were over budget and 87 percent of projects have a time overrun.” 

– Deloitte East Africa [1] 

It’s all fine and dandy when you have a great business case for your infrastructure project and you go 

ahead and hit the ground running. In most cases, as best practices demand, one will have an approved 

budget from which costs will be paid out. This budget is based on the business case that gave life to 

the project or in the case of non-profit organization or government agencies the budgetary or grant 

allocations. 

Two Rivers Mall in Nairobi. 

“The report, which looked at Africa construction trends in the past year, said 87 per 

cent of all Kenyan public projects suffered time delays while 48 per cent overshot their 

budgets creating a loophole for corruption to thrive.” – Daily Nation [2] 

It has nowadays become common place to find infrastructure project exceeding the existing 

allocations and the developers having to seek additional funding to successfully close on 

the projects. This without a doubt negatively impacts the return objectives of undertaking 

the infrastructure projects originally envisioned. 

There will be some common themes in the proposed remedies such as continuous 

review of the business case at every stage (a theme championed by Prince 2 

project management approach) and the use of either management reserves (a 

reserve used to address unknown unknowns) or contingency reserves (a reserve 

used to address known unknowns) anchored on the PMI approach to project 

management. 

This article is meant to be easy to understand and has a clear aim of getting 

the conversation on cost overruns among property developers and real 

estate stakeholders going. 

This may not be an exhaustive list of all factors that contribute to cost 

overruns but certainly includes some of the most common ones. 

1. THE USUAL SUSPECTS 

a. Delays in project commencement 

If the time taken between crafting of the business case and 

the time works commence on the ground is significantly 

long, it usually has a negative impact on the anticipated 

project budget and intended project return as set out in the 

business case. 

Inflation is normally the biggest driver of these changes. 

Cost of materials, labour and many other major 

components go up over time. For instance, price changes 

in crude oil prices creates a significant impact on the 

prices of infrastructure projects such as road since there is 

a close correlation of crude oil prices with bitumen prices. 

Transportation costs are also affected due to price changes 

in refined petroleum products. When project commencement is 

significantly delayed it is always important to review the existing 

HAVE YOUR SAY 

prices/rates and determine their applicability to 

the present scenario. Where vast differences are 

noticeable, then the business case should always 

be updated to give the developer/funder a very clear 

perspective of what to expect. 

Best practice demands that, the business case, 

funding, design and implementation is done within 

reasonable timelines that will not significantly alter 

the validity of the envisioned costs that made the 

project feasible in the first place. But since this is not 

always the case, and substantial time has passed, 

it’s always best practice to revise the business case 

and adapt it to the prevailing market conditions. 

b. Delays in Project Implementation 

Certain aspects of a project i.e scope, time, quality 

and costs have an interlinked relationship such that 

a variation in one aspect has a knock-on effect on at 

least one other aspect of the project. 

Delays in project implementation usually have a cost 

implication, ranging from extension of preliminary 

costs, exposure to possible penalties from end 

clients/users, additional financing charges such as 

interest on debt etc. To remedy these scenarios 

interventions such as fixed price contracts, penalty 

clauses e.t.c can to be put in place such as 

c. Changes in Legislation and/or Policy. 

This happens to cut across all sectors of the 

economy and infrastructure projects are no 

exception. The government policy making organs, 

may from time to time, either through set cyclical 

periods or through ad hoc sessions, review 

and adjust existing rates, tighten or loosen the 

compliance measures put in place, add to or deduct 

players and/or stages from the compliance process. 

These changes may negatively impact project 

costs. To mitigate against the impact of these 

kinds of change in legislation/policy is to have a 

contingency reserve in the budget to cater for the 

cyclical changes as they are predictable when they 

happen. 

d. Changes in wages (Minimum Wage)/ 

Consulting Costs 

Periodically, in some economies, there will be a 

review in the minimum wages and from time to 

time, professional bodies may also review the fees 

charged for services rendered. For most jurisdictions 

the period of effecting these changes can be 

determined but the nature and extent of the change 

is almost impossible to determine. 

To mitigate against the impact of these kinds of 

change provisions in the budget (contingency 

reserves) may come in handy that allow you to 

accommodate these changes. From a developer’s 

perspective, a fixed price contract with the contractor 

substantially eliminates the headache. 

e. Few Market Players and Inadequate 

Competition 

In some specialist practices, where you have very 

few players, the industry can take on cartel like 

behavior where specific players dictate the prices. 

Ordinarily, in a competitive market, costs estimates 

given by the costing expert should track the market, 

or even yield a saving attributable to competition 

amongst many industry players, but where you have 

few players, prices tend to go higher as the players 

aim to maximize their profits. 

Interesting enough in instances where you have 

many industry players and many ongoing projects 

such that for a majority most of their spare capacity is 

taken up, prices tend to also go up. This is because 

for the contractors to take up additional works, they 

must beef up their capacity and this tends to come at 

an extra cost. 

This is difficult to remedy as it requires intervention 

at a macro level. A good way to resolve this in a 

free market, is reduce the barriers of entry into the 

market for players who address the envisioned gaps. 

Competition is a good driver for better quality and 

lower prices. 

f. Never Ending Design Process 

A never-ending design process leaves the project 

susceptible to introduction of new ideas that may 

end up pushing the project costs upwards. This often 

happens where a design freeze point has not been 

agreed on by the relevant players. 

Peculiarly, this is a process that cuts both ways in the 

sense that it could lead to cost cutting measures or on 

the flip side “gold plating”, where costs end up going 

higher without being functionally beneficial to 

the project but take on a form appeal. 



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HAVE YOUR SAY 

HAVE YOUR SAY 

g. Overdesign and Over-provisioning 

In most cases, designers/consultants like to 

give allowance or tolerances to accommodate 

unaccounted for factors or for future proofing 

purposes. This is ordinarily acceptable; however, you 

may find that the redundancy measures put in place, 

may end up being done in the extreme and this often 

causes huge cost overruns. 

To remedy this, it’s always advisable to engage 

a third party, of equal or greater standing and 

experience, to conduct a peer review. Peer reviews 

assist in thoroughly interrogating the designs and 

giving an alternate perspective to the solution 

provided and this may greatly cut down on costs. 

h. Necessary/Compulsory Acquisition of 

Land 

This in most instances affects government driven 

projects, but nevertheless affects private developers 

where say, they need to improve value of the land 

through better access and this can only be achieved 

through acquiring adjacent property. 

In instances where one must acquire land through 

compulsory acquisition (government) or a willing 

buyer, willing seller scenario (private sector) the 

infrastructure costs may go up as the acquiring 

party is at the mercy of the selling party, and where 

government compulsory acquisition is applicable, the 

process can be prone to abuse and corruption. This 

is generally resolved with a contingency reserve as 

this is easy to envision. 

i. Works for Public Benefit 

For private developers, there may be certain works 

that are undertaken that may not have been initially 

envisioned but need to be done for the benefit of the 

general populace and the developer will have no 

claim to these works/assets. 

These works serve to facilitate, the overall 

experience of the intended consumer. Key examples 

in these situations are road improvement works, 

doing footbridges and bus stops, doing street lighting 

and drainage works, landscaping works etc. 

Ordinarily these works are carried out by the relevant 

government authority, but if they do not have these 

works in their priority list and do not envision carrying 

out these works soon, the developers may end up 

picking the tab on this one. These works can be 

accommodated in the contingency reserves. 

2. THOSE THAT 

SNEAK UP ON 

YOU 

a. Forex 

Fluctuation 

This is a difficult one 

to tell with reasonable 

certainty especially 

where you are 

importing plant and 

equipment (in most 

instances for Utility Projects – Power, Water, Gas, 

ICT e.t.c). This is primarily because of changes in 

the markets where the procuring currency performs 

poorly against the quoted currency. 

There are contractual remedies set out to mitigate 

and/or reduce these impact for developers, but these 

mitigation measures can only be to a certain extent. 

Management reserves serve to remedy these kinds 

of unknowns. 

b. Existing Ground Conditions 

In some instances, you may find that the 

assumptions you made with respect to sub surface 

works are incorrect. This forces you to carry out 

additional works that may not have been captured in the 

business case. 

For larger projects this can be remedied by conducting 

comprehensive geotechnical, hydrogeological surveys et al, 

that comprehensively inform on the works that require to be 

carried out. This will ordinarily be budgeted for as they are a 

huge expense. But for lower budget projects, this may not be 

the case. 

In other instances (though not common in this market) 

addressing archeology issues and sites of historical 

importance may force changes to the project that may 

adversely affect the project budgets. 

This can be mitigated by ensuring thorough risk management 

is carried out and continuous stakeholder engagement is 

done. Management reserves come in handy where the risk 

was an unknown unknown. If the costs escalation is too high, 

the business case must be reviewed to assess viability going 

forward. Where compensation by authorities is applicable, this 

can be of reprieve to the developer behind the infrastructure 

costs. 

c. Mis-Interpretation of Applicable taxes. 

Where an expert on matters taxation is not consulted 

during the procurement budgeting process (procurement of 

consultants, contractors, materials etc) then there is the risk 

of misinterpretation looms large and may lead to errors of 

commission or omission. 

An apt example within the local context is, professional fees 

attract a VAT charge if the professionals are VAT registered in 

the country and if they are not (foreign consultants) their fees 

attract a Withholding tax charge. The former in most instances 

is taken care of but the latter slips through the cracks quite 

often. 

There are possibly several other contributors to cost overruns 

and the conversations on the same need to keep on going as 

they efficiently and effectively facilitate the growth of the real 

estate industry. 

Article Written by: 

Michael Thiriku, - PMP, Prince 2 

Athena Properties Ltd, TRDL Development and Project 

Managers. 

Citations 

1. https://www.trademarkea.com/news/13pc-of-infrastructureprojects-in-kenya-are-completed-on-time-deloitte-report/ 

2. https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/smartcompany/Project- 

delays-costing-billions--warns-Deloitte/1226-4575072- 

bwvoesz/index.html 

addressing archeology 

issues and sites of 

historical importance 

may force changes to 

the project that may 

adversely affect the 

project budgets. 

This can be mitigated by 

ensuring thorough risk 

management is carried 

out and continuous 

stakeholder engagement 

is done. Management 

reserves come in handy 

where the risk was an 

unknown unknown. If the 

costs escalation is too 

high, the business case 

must be reviewed to assess 

viability going forward. 

Where compensation by 

authorities is applicable, 

this can be of reprieve to 

the developer behind the 

infrastructure costs. 



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ADVERTORIAL MESSAGE 


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The Mirage, Office 15A, Mezzanine 2 

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Email: kkafrica@kumkangkind.com 

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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PARTNERS 

Who is in Upper Hill? 

As an Association for property owners and 

organizations in Upper Hill, this is a question we 

receive very frequently. This year, we decided 

to share this information in a bid to offer a 

transparent and credible view of the organizations 

located in Upper Hill through a directory. 

Our inaugural Upper Hill directory was released 

early this year and it had a listing of close to 300 

organizations which were categorized under 12 

sectors. These sectors were able to give a broad 

overview of the kind of tenancy property owners in 

Upper Hill should expect. 

includes consultancies, and small businesses is 

the third largest sector. 

The health sector follows closely as the fourth 

largest sector in Upper Hill. This sector is 

influenced by the existence of Kenyatta National 

Hospital and The Nairobi Hospital. Lastly the fifth 

largest sector in Upper Hill is the legal sector. This 

sector is slowly growing due to the existence of 

the Milimani Law Court and Milimani Commercial 

Court which have attracted several legal firms 

setting up offices close to the courts. 

Our 2019 Upper Hill Directory is expected to 

be bigger because the number of organizations 

listed will be more compared to the 2018 version. 

Inevitably, the listing will influence the size of the 

sectors. These sectors include; financial, public, 

commercial, health, legal, hospitality & tourism, 

Non-governmental, real estate, foreign missions, 

institutions, ICT & telecom and energy sectors. 

The financial sector which includes organizations 

in insurance, banks, auditing firms and other 

financial institutions, is currently the largest sector 

in Upper Hill. The public sector is the second 

largest sector is influenced by the existence of 

several State offices in the area such as Ministry 

of Lands, Ministry of Water & Irrigation among 

many others. The commercial sector which 

These sectors were able 

to give a broad overview 

of the kind of tenancy 

property owners in Upper 

Hill should expect 

The ICT & Telecommunication and Energy sectors 

are the smallest sectors in the area although we 

note a slight growth. Some of the organizations in 

these sectors have opened up their head offices, 

for example Jamii Telecommunications and Hass 

Petroleum. 

If you wish to participate in the 2019 Upper Hill 

Directory by advertising, kindly get in touch with 

us using the contact details below to receive our 

affordable rates. 

Email: upperhill@uhda.or.ke 

Phone: +254739584765 

2nd Floor, Real Towers Annex 

Hospital Road, Upper Hill 


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Kenya Green Building Society| P.O Box 50865-00100, Nairobi, Kenya| Phone: +254 710 869547 

Email: admin@kgbs.co.ke 

A Chronology of Green Building Movement Activities – 2018 in Review 

1 st Quarter 

• 2 JANUARY – JOINS KEPSA TO PROGRESS ADVOCACY EFFORTS 

• 18 JANUARY – DELIVERS ITS FIRST MASTERCLASS ON GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS 

• 28 FEBRUARY – PRESENTS AT KEPSA INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN BUSINESS STRATEGY 

• 13 MARCH – PRESENTS AT SPACE CONFERENCE 

• 14 MARCH – PRESENTS ON GREEN BUILDING AND GREEN FINANCE AT THE NAIROBI SECURITIES 

EXCHANGE GREEN BOND BRIEFING FOR NSE LISTED COMPANIES 

• 22 MARCH – HOSTS A MASTERCLASS ON WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ITS AGM 

2 nd Quarter 

Summary of the Town and County 

Planning and Development 

Conference, World Town Planning 

Day and The Town and County 

Excellence Awards (TCEA) 2018 

• 24 APRIL – PRESENTS AT EAST AFRICA PROPERTY INVESTMENT SUMMIT (EAPI) 

• 24 APRIL – PRESENTS AT THE KEPSA SUSTAINABLE INCLUSIVE BUSINESS (SIB) FORUM 

• 24 MAY – PRESENTS ON GREEN BUILDING AND GREEN FINANCE AT THE NATIONAL TREASURY GREEN 

BOND STAKEHOLDER FORUM 

• 3-7 JUNE – PARTICIPATES AT THE WORLD GREEN BUILDING CONGRESS IN TORONTO 

• 26 JUNE – PARTICIPATES AT THE KPDA AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONFERENCE 

• 29 JUNE – CHAIRS AND PRESENTS AT THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT (REDS) 

3 rd Quarter 

• 15 AUGUST – PRESENTS AT KCB’S CLIENT EVENT AT IFC ON GREEN BUILDING AND GREEN FINANCE 

• 28 AUGUST – PRESENTS AT KPDA’S CEO FORUM ON ALTERNATIVE BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES 

• 2 SEPTEMBER – PARTICIPATES AT IFC-WORLD BANK LOCAL CAPITAL MARKETS SCOPING MISSION FOR 

THE JOINT CAPITAL MARKETS PROGRAM (J-CAP) 

• 24-30 SEPTEMBER WORLD GREEN BUILDING WEEK ACTIVITIES INCLUDING AN EVENT WITH UN-HABITAT 

ON THE SHERPA TOOL AND A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON GREEN HOMES 

• 25 SEPTEMBER – PRESENTS AT THE EA UTILITIES EXPO / OMAN INFRASTRUCTURE EXHIBITION 

• 27 SEPTEMBER – PRESENTS AT THE TEKNOKA WORKSHOP 

• 29 SEPTEMBER – COLLABORATES WITH PUBLIC SPACES NETWORK ON THE CITY SHAPERS CAMPAIGN 

TO REHABILITATE TURKANA LANE IN CBD 

4 th Quarter 

• 3 OCTOBER – PRESENTS AT THE GBCSA CONVENTION IN CAPE TOWN 

• 7 OCTOBER – PARTICIPATES AT THE PAN AFRICA CLIMATE JUSTICE ALLIANCE (PACJA) CLIMATE 

CHANGE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA (CCDA VII) CONFERENCE 

• 7 NOVEMBER – PRESENTS AT THE BIG 5 ACORCE CONFERENCE 

• 14 NOVEMBER – PRESENTS AT THE DIGITAL CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE 

• 17 NOVEMBER – PRESENTS AT THE ENTREPRENEUR’S ORGANISATION IN THE BOARDROOM EVENT 

• 6 DECEMBER – HOSTING A MASTERCLASS ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (BMS) AND END OF 

YEAR COCKTAIL NETWORKING EVENT 

JOIN THE MOVEMENT. CONTACT OUR SECRETARIAT ABOUT MEMBERSHIP; EVENT 

SPONSORSHIP; ACCREDITED EDUCATION; VOLUNTEERING ON OUR COMMITTEES; 

CERTIFICATION OF BUILDINGS; AND SPEAKING AT CONFERENCES 

KENYA GREEN BUILDING SOCIETY 

www.kenyagreenbuildingsociety.co.ke 


Town and County Planning and Development Conference 2018, World Town Planning Day 2018, Town and County 

Excellence 2018 - Prideinn Paradise Beach Resort and Spa, Shanzu-Mombasa 

The Town and County Planning and Development 

Conference is an annual event organized by the 

Town and County Planners Association of Kenya 

(TCPAK) to brainstorm and appreciate the value 

of towns and counties towards the development of 

Kenya. The World Town Planning Day is an annual 

event celebrated worldwide, commemorating 

the contribution of town planning professionals 

towards the development of towns, counties 

and countries. The Town and County Excellence 

Awards is a ceremonial practice embedded within 

the conference to celebrate individuals, institutions/ 

associations who have made an impact in the 

development of towns, counties and country. This 

year, the 3-in-1 event was marked on the 7th - 9th 

November 2018 at PrideInn Paradise Beach Hotel, 

Shanzu- Mombasa City. This event also marked 

a 10-year anniversary since the first celebration 

of the World Town Planning Day in Kenya and 10 

years since the first International Society of City 

and Regional Planners (Isocarp) established the 

Nairobi Liaison Office. 

Over 60 delegates participated in the marking 

of this annual event. The delegates were 

drawn from various professionals, national 

government, county governments, 

corporates, private institutions, various 


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Summary of the Town and County Planning 

and Development Conference, World Town 

Planning Day and The Town and County 

Excellence Awards (TCEA) 2018 

GALLERY OF EVENTS 

End of Year Koroga Event 

23rd November 2018 

stakeholders and individuals in appreciation of our 

towns, cities and counties to bring the discussion 

of delivery of the Big 4 Agenda under the theme 

“Sustainable, Smart and Resilient.” 

• Investments in mass urban transport. 

• Social housing for the urban poor. 

• Investment in urban sanitation and infrastructure. 

• Proper urban planning. 

Conclusion and Way forward 

• Location and siting of the Big 4 should be 

informed and led by appropriate land use plans; 

• The land use plans should be prepared and 

implemented in strict compliance with the 

constitutional provisions, policy direction, 

professional best practices and guidelines. 

As well, they should respond to needs of the 

citizens and situational realities. 

• A collaborative and inclusive approach should 

be taken for best results in delivering planned 

land for the Big 4 

Mr. Mairura, TCPAK Chairman giving his welcoming 

remarks to the delegates 

Strategies for Proper Management of 

Urban Areas; 

H. E. Oparanya highlighted the following directives 

to guide and ensure proper management of urban 

areas: 

• Green building technologies. 

• Mobilization of finances for urban development. 

To download the full report, please CLICK HERE 

For more information on TCPAK please contact: 

Town and County Planners Association of Kenya 

(TCPAK) 

White Court, Galana Road, Kilimani 

P. O. Box 38027 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Email: tcpakassociation@yahoo.com, info@tcpak.com 

Website: www.tcpak.com 

Official Opening Speech by Hon. Alfred Matianyi, CEC, Lands, Housing, Urban Areas and Physical 

Planning, County Government of Kakamega. 


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End of Year Koroga Event (cont.) 


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KPDA CEO Breakfast Forum 

19 th October 2018 


KPDA CEO Breakfast Forum (cont.) 



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KPDA DIRECTORY of Members, 30 th NOVEMBER 2018 


In order to join KPDA, kindly contact the Membership Relations Officer, Cynthia Wakio through the 

telephone number 0737 530 290 or 0725 286 689 or by email ceo@kpda.or.ke. 

PROPERTY DEVELOPERS / 

PROFESSIONAL FIRMS / 

ADVISORY SERVICE 

PROVIDERS / 

INDUSTRY SUPPLIERS 

ACORN MANAGEMENT 

SERVICES LTD 

2 nd Floor, Acorn House 

James Gichuru Road, Lavington 

P. O. Box 13759 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 729 064/5/ 020 592 671 

Website: www.acornholdingsafricacom 

AHCOF INVESTMENTS 

(KENYA) LTD 

4 th Floor Morningside 

Office Park, Ngong Road 

P.O. Box 22592 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0728 393 698/0703 815 287 

Website: www.astoriakenya.co.ke 

HERI HOMES 

PROPERTIES LTD 

Devson Court Suites 

P. O. Box 19061 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0790 500 910 

Website: www.herihomes.co.ke 

HF DEVELOPMENT AND 

INVESTMENTS LTD 

Rehani House, Corner of Kenyatta 

Avenue and Koinange Street 

P. O. Box 30088 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3262000/3262248 

Website: www.housing.co.ke 

HOME AFRIKA LTD 

5th Floor, Penthouse 1, Morningside 

Office Park, Ngong Road 

P. O. Box 6254 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2772000 

Website: www.homeafrika.com 

IJENGA VENTURES 

LTD 

Kwifra Estates/B4 Roses, 

Brookside Drive 

P. O. Box 2384 – 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0740 845 000 

Website: www.homeafrika.com 

AKARORA LTD 

Westend - The Twig Wing 

Waiyaki Way, Westlands 

P. O. Box 14162 - 00800 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0725 277 381 

BAHATI RIDGE 

DEVELOPMENT LTD 

Off Gatanga Road, Thika 

P. O. Box 47739 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 8155380 

Website: www.bahatiridge.co.ke 

AMAZON PROJECTS LTD 

3 rd Floor, The Greenhouse, 

Suite 18 Ngong Road 

P. O. Box 1756 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0722 718 520 

Website: www.amazonprojects.co.ke 

BLUELINE PROPERTIES LTD 

Wendy Court Unit 10, 

David Osieli Road, Westlands 

P.O. Box 2106 – 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 4441195 

Website: www.blueline.co.ke 

AMBOSELI COURT LTD 

Savv Print Building, Mirema Road 

P. O. Box 22350 – 00400 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0728 141 741 

Website: www.amboselicourt.com 

BOLEYN MAGIC WALL 

PANEL LTD 

Liberty Plaza, Mombasa Road 

P. O. Box 18056 – 00500 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3591088 

AMS PROPERTIES LTD 

6 th Floor Eden Square, Block 1, 

Westlands Road 

P. O. Box 10713 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 366 0000 

Website: www.amsproperties.com 

CAMELOT 

CONSULTANTS LTD 

Brookview Apartment 

Elgeyo Marakwet Road 

P. O. Box 14533 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 387 2161 

www.lantana-galu-beach.co.ke 

JABEZ PROPERTIES 

Namanga Road Estate, Off Namanga 

Road, Near Export Processing Zone (EPZ) 

P. O. Box 23059 - 00604, NairobiNAIROBI. 

Tel: 0722 788 578 

Website: www.jabezproperties.co.ke 

KARIBU HOMES 

30 Kyuna Crescent 

P. O. Box 40063 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0705 151 515 

Website: www.karibuhomes.com 

JAMBO 

HOLDINGS 

LIMITED 

JAMBO HOLDINGS LTD 

Opposite St Mary’s School, Rhapta Road 

P. O. Box 30292 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0722 577 129 

KARUME 

HOLDINGS 

LIMITED 

KARUME HOLDINGS 

LTD 

3 rd Floor, Cianda House, 

Koinange Street 

P. O. Box 30594 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0772 099 340 

SARMA ENTERPRISES LTD 

P. O. Box 16808 - 00620 

NAIROBI. 

-JOIN KPDA 

INFPAC LTD 

INFPAC LTD 

3 rd Floor Occidental Plaza, 

P. O. Box 45288 – 00100 

NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0740 845 000 

KINGS DEVELOPERS 

LTD 

2 nd Floor Saj Ceramics Complex, 

Opposite Cabanas Grounds, Embakasi, 

Mombasa Road 

P. O. Box 18215 – 00500 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 044619/20 

Website: www.kingsdevelopers.com 

CENTURY CITY 

PROPERTY LTD 

3 rd Floor VM Tower, The Village Market, 

Limuru Road 

P. O. Box 19 – 00621 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0701 066 144 

Website: www.centurycitykenya com 

CHERIEZ PROPERTIES 

LTD 

Crater Automobiles Building, 

Mombasa Road 

P. O. Box 2149 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2424240 /0780 242 401 

Website: www.cheriez.properties 

CHIGWELL HOLDINGS 

LTD 

4 th Floor Maksons Plaza (Next to Victoria 

Courts) Parklands Rd, Westlands 

P. O. Box 39542 – 00623 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3752113/4 

Website: www.chigwell.co.ke 

CYTONN REAL 

ESTATE LTD 

3 rd Floor Liaison House, 

State House Avenue 

P. O. Box 20695 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 4400420 

Website: www.cytonn.com 

KZANAKA LTD 

Coopers Centre, 

Kaptagat Road off Waiyaki Way 

P. O. Box 40596 – 00100 

Tel: 020 4452581/2/3 

Website: www.coopers.co.ke 

LEO CAPITAL 

HOLDINGS LTD 

Devson Court Suite Five, Hurlingham 

P. O. Box 19061 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 4401313 

Website: www.herihomes.co.ke 

LORDSHIP AFRICA 

Bishop Court, 4 th Ngong Avenue 

P. O. Box 47655 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2714726 

Website: www.lordshipafrica.com 

MEERA CONSTRUCTION 

LTD 

3 rd Floor, Krishna Plaza, Parklands 

P. O. Box 22796 – 00400 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0733 726 750 

Website: sgjeram@krishnagroup.co.ke 

DAYKIO PLANTATIONS 

LTD 

3 rd Floor Liaison House, 

State House Avenue 

P. O. Box 20695 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2215472 

Website: www.daykio.com 

DUNHILL CONSULTING 

LTD 

15 Hevea Court, 

Eldama Ravine Road, Westlands 

P. O. Box 1400 – 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0786 386 445 

Website: www.dunhillconsulting.com 

ELM RIDGE LTD 

Muthangari Drive 

P. O. Box 14279 – 00800 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 444 837 

Website: erl@gathkenya.com 

ENDLESS AFRICA LTD 

Methodist Ministries Centre, 

Oloitiktok Road, Lavington 

P. O. Box 67136 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3861134/5 

MLIMA 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPANY LTD 

MLIMA CONSTRUCTION 

LTD 

Lillian House 

P. O. Box 41821 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0724 416 707 

MML TURNER 

&TOWNSEND 

2 nd Floor, The Courtyard, General 

Mathenge Drive, Westlands 

P. O. Box 62899 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 232 4991 

Website: www.turnerandtownsend.com 

MUGUMO 

DEVELOPMENTS LTD 

1 st Floor Office Suites, Parklands Road 

P. O. Box 45922 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0701 488 907 

NANYUKI MALL LTD 

Kenyatta Highway, Nanyuki 

P. O. Box 42093 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020-2726872 

Website: www.arkconsultantsltd.com 

FAIRDEAL 

DEVELOPMENT & 

INFRASTRUCTURE LTD 

1 st Floor, Kelico Complex, 

Mombasa Road 

P. O. Box 4159 - 00506 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0777 100 050/0705 791 702 

Website: www.fairdealproperties.biz 

FEDHA (MANAGEMENT) 

LTD 

17 th Floor, Eco Bank Towers, 

Muindi Mbingu Street 

P. O. Box 45625 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2222442/223776/213104 

Website: www.fedhagroup.co.ke 

GOLDEN COMPASS LTD 

17 Elm Cl, Aamersham HP65DD UK 

P. O. Box 45404 - 00100 

NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0733 708 787 

Email: rajmeet@yahoo.com 

Website: www.goldencompass.co.uk 

HASS CONSULT 

LTD 

1 st Floor, ABC Place, Waiyaki Way 

P. O. Box 14090 – 00800 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0733 708 787 

Website: www.hassconsult.co.ke 

NATIONAL 

COOPERATIVE HOUSING 

UNION (NACHU) 

Sukamba Court, Suite 5, Ngong Road 

before Karbarnet Road Turn Off 

P. O. Box 51693 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2668574 

Website: www.nachu.or.ke 

NATUREVILLE HOMES 

Lenana Road, next to the 

Nigeria High Commission 

P. O. Box 47369 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0731 558 553 

Website: www.natureville.net 

OAKPARK 


No. 46, Muthangari Drive, 

P. O. Box 10104 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0734 342 326 

Website: www.oakparkltd.com 

OPTIVEN LTD 

14 th Floor, Barclays Plaza Wing A, 

Loita Street 

P. O. Box 623 – 00600 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0702 831 083 

Website: www.optiven.co.ke 



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PANDA DEVELOPMENT 

COMPANY LTD/ABERDARE 

HILLS GOLF RESORT 

Aberdare Hills Golf Resort, Naivasha 

P. O. Box 46235 – 00100 NAIROBI 

Tel: 0717 705 975 

Website: www.aberdarehills.com 

PDM (KENYA) LTD 

12th Floor, IPS Building, Kimathi Street 

P. O. Box 58470 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020-3316122 

Website: www.pdmholdings.com 

PENTAGON 


5 th Floor, Empress Office Suites, 

P. O. Box 2451 – 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2498884 

Website: www.pentagonproperties.co.ke 

PIONEER HOLDINGS 

(AFRICA) LTD 

6 th Floor, Pioneer House, Moi Avenue 

P. O. Box 20320 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2221775 

Website: www.pioneer-africa.com 

VISHWA DEVELOPERS LTD 

DG Oasis, South C, 

Muhoho Road 

P. O. Box 76268 - 00508 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2461445 

Website: www.dgpropertiesltd.com 

ELEGANT PROPERTIES LTD 

8th Floor, Valley View Office Park, 

City Park Drive 

P.O. Box 32705 – 00600 

Tel: 0731 286 286 

Website: www.elegantproperties.co.ke 

ENKAVILLA 


Trance Towers, 3rd Floor, Tsavo Road, Off 

Mombasa Road 

P.O. Box 14193-00800 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0788 303 030 

Website: www.enkavilla.co.ke 

SAIF REAL ESTATE 

Nextgen Mall, 3rd Floor 

P. O. Box 72212 - 00622 

NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0728 000 002 

Website: www.saifproperties.com 

RESORTS AND CITIES 

LTD 

No. 1 Muthaiga Road, Opposite 

Oil Libya Plaza 

P. O. Box 64553 – 00620 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2067872 

ROZANA PROPERTIES 

LTD 

Ndemi Road, Kilimani 

P. O. Box 3291 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0728 562 578 

www.rozanaproperties.co.ke 

SAYANI INVESTMENTS 

LTD 

3 rd Floor, IPS Building, 

P. O. Box 41648 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0726 481 702 

SCION REAL ESTATE 

LTD 

Valley Arcade Area 

P. O. Box 10075 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0733 271 198 

Website: www.scionreal.com 

TWO RIVERS 


9th Floor South Tower 

Two Rivers Mall, 

P. O. Box 10518 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 228 6160 

Website: www.centum.co.ke 

REAL ESTATE MANAGERS / AGENTS 

AXIS REAL ESTATE LTD 

The Rahimtulla Tower, No 8, 

Upper Hill Road 

P. O. Box 10730 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2724848 

Website: www.axisre.co.ke 

BROLL KENYA LTD 

Ground Floor, Westlands Office Park - 

Acacia Block, Waiyaki Way, Westlands 

P. O. Box 52727 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3742766 

Website: www.broll.co.ke 

CORAL PROPERTY 

CONSULTANTS LTD 

1 st Floor, Rockwall Building Silos Road, 

Nyali Road Junction Mkomani Nyali 

P. O. Box 81300 - 80100 MOMBASA. 

Tel: 0710 891 028 

Website: www.coralpi.com 

SHERRY BLUE 


3 rd Floor, Imperial Court, Westlands Road 

P. O. Box 46402 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 37445935 

Website: www.imarangroup.com 

SHREEJI 


No. 18 Lenana Road 

P. O. Box 101511 - 00101 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0720 488 715 

Website: www.mavokopark.co.ke 

SIGIMO ENTREPRISES 

LTD 

6 th Floor Rhapta Road, New Rehema 

Building, Westlands 

P. O. Box 66331 – 00800 NAIROBI. 

SJR PROPERTIES LTD 

Off Enterprise Road, Road C 

P. O. Box 38027 – 00623 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2146813 

Website: www.sjr-properties.com 

CORAL PROPERTY 

INTERNATIONAL LTD 

Peponi Plaza, Office No. B-0 

P. O. Box 38568 – 00623 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3742854 

Website: www.coralpi.com 

KNIGHT FRANK 

KENYA LTD 

Ground Floor, Lions Place, 

Waiyaki Way 

P. O. Box 39773 - 00623 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 4239000 

Website: www.knightfrank.com 

LASER PROPERTY 

SERVICES LTD 

6 th Floor, CPF House, 

Haile Selassie Avenue 

P. O. Box 28938 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2046901/5 

Website: www.laser.or.ke 

MANRIK HOLDINGS LTD 

Off Raphta Road 

P. O. Box 45403 – 0010 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 4442100/2 

Website: www.manrikgroup.com 

LAW FIRMS 

SOHAIL DEVELOPMENTS 

LTD 

Lower Kabete Road, Westlands 

P. O. Box 47656 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2680611/0722 206 013 

Website: www.sohaildevelopments.com 

SPARTAN 

DEVELOPERS LTD 

Ground Floor Acorn House, 

James Gichuru Road 

P. O. Box 53927 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0724 771 067 

Website: www.spartandevelopers 

SUPERIOR HOMES 

KENYA LTD 

Green Park Estate, 

Athi River, Mombasa Road 

P. O. Box 15992 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3579100/1 

Website: www.superiorhomes.co.ke 

TATU CITY LTD 

Off Ruiru, Kiambu Road, Ruiru 

P. O. Box 2739 - 00621 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0708 555 555 

Website: www.tatucity.com 

RE/MAX HERITAGE 

Suite B 10, Surveyors Court, 

Woodvale Groove, Westlands 

P. O. Box 8836 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 5284779 

www.remax-kenya.com/heritage 

PAM GOLDING 


Fortis Tower, 10th Floor 

Woodvale Groove, Westlands 

P. O. Box 66365 - 00800 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 237 0090 

Website: www.pamgolding.co.ke 

TYSONS LTD 

First floor, Jubilee Insurance House 

Wabera Street 

NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0722 207 403 

Website: www.tysons.co.ke 

ANJARWALLA & KHANNA 

ADVOCATES 

3 rd Floor, The Oval, Junction of Ring Road nd 

Jalaram Road Westlands,. 

P. O. Box 200 - 00606, Sarit Centre NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0203 640 000/ 0703 032 000 

/0203 640 201 

Website: www.africalegalnetwork.com 

TECNOFIN KENYA LTD 

James Gichuru, Gate 162 

P. O. Box 28818 – 00100 

NAIROBI 

Tel: 0725 161 936 

THE COMBINED 

WAREHOUSES 

LTD 

THE COMBINED 

WAREHOUSES LTD 

Refinery Place, Refinery Road 

Changamwe, Mombasa 

P. O. Box 81862 – 80100 

MOMBASA. 

Tel: 0702 217 800 

THE EPIC 


Karuna Road,Westlands 

P. O. Box 4872 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0792 857 473/4 

Website: www.epicproperties.co.ke 

TILISI DEVELOPMENTS 

LTD 

4 th Floor, Maksons Plaza, Parklands Road 

P. O. Box 39542 – 00623 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0714 845 474 

Website: www.tilisi.co.ke 

CFL AND COMPANY 

ADVOCATES 

8 th Floor, Sifa Towers, Lenana Road 

P. O. Box 23555 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 - 4440891/2 

Website: www.cfllegal.com 

COULSON HARNEY 

LLPSIGIMO 

5 th Floor, ICEA Lion Centre, West Wing, 

Riverside Park, Chiromo Road 

P. O. Box 10643 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2899000 

Website: www.bowmanslaw.com 

EMERGE 

DEVELOPMENTS LTD 

4 th Floor, The Pavillion 

Mwanzi Road, Westlands 

P. O. Box 2057 - 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0796 129 925/0711 464 105 

Website: www.emerge-ea.com 

KANAGA AND 

ASSOCIATES LTD 

Next To Nairobi Baptist Church, 

House No. 2, Ngong Road 

P. O. Box 51887 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: ‘0734 776 413 

Website: www.kanagaandassociates.co.ke 

K.MBERIA AND 

ADVOCATES 

UNITY HOMES LTD 

Shanzu Gardens, 

P. O. Box 933 – 00621 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0707 662 250 

Website: www.unityhomes.co.ke 

URBAN NIRVANA 

PROPERTY SOLUTIONS 

LTD 

Rhapta Road, Opposite Liza Apartments 

P. O. Box 49386 - 00100 

NAIROBI. 

USERNAME 

INVESTMENTS 

10 th Floor, The Mirage Tower 3 and 

6 th Floor,International Life House 

P. O. Box 66057 – 00800 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0725 000 222/0725 000 680 

Website: www.usernameproperties.co.ke 

VAAL REAL 

ESTATE 

4 th Floor E11, WU YI Plaza, 

Galana Road, Kilimani 

P. O. Box 20227 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0725 111 444 / 0790 554 433 

Website: www.vaal.co.ke 

KARANJA NJENGA AND 

COMPANY ADVOCATES 

3 rd Floor, Surveyors Court, 

Woodvale Grove, Westlands 

P. O. Box 1775 - 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0725 452 889 

Website: www.knjenga.co.ke 

K.MBERIA AND 

ADVOCATES 

Top Floor, Laxcon House, 

Limuru Road 

P. O. Box 45562 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0786 520 331 

Website: www.kmberiaadvocates.co.ke 

KN LAW LLP 

5 th Floor, The Pavilion, 

Westlands 

P. O. Box 52494 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3861305 

Website: www.kn.co.ke 

MBOYA WANGONG’U & 

WAIYAKI ADVOCATES 

Lex Chambers, Maji Mazuri Road Off 

James Gichuru Road 

P. O. Box 74041 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3860183/4 

Website: www.lexgroupafrica.com 



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MEREKA & CO. 

ADVOCATES 

MEREKA & CO. 

ADVOCATES 

7 th Floor, Ukulima Co-operative House, 

P. O. Box 41620 – 00100 

NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2226692 

MMC AFRICA LAW 

MMC Arches Springs Valley Crescent, 

Off Peponi Road 

P. O. Box 75362 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2167301/2 

Website: www.wakili.com 

MURIMI AND COMPANY 

ADVOCATES 

2 nd Floor, Electricity House, 

Harambee Avenue 

P. O. Box 54052 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2227701/2574177 

Website: www.mmurimiadvocates.com 

ORARO & CO. 

ADVOCATES 

6 th Floor, ACK Garden Annex, 

1st Ngong Avenue 

P. O. Box 51236 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2713636 

Website: www.oraro.co.ke 

INTERIOR DESIGNERS 

KITCHENS AND BEYOND 

LTD 

4th Floor, Ukay Centre, Westlands 

P. O. Box 40497 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0707 222 999 

Website: www.kitchensandbeyond.co.ke 

NEWLINE LTD 

Ground Floor, Chester House, 

Loita Street 

P. O. Box 10245 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3315110/3 

Website: www.newline.co.ke 

SAJ CERAMICS LTD 

Mombasa Road - Opposite 

Doshi Hardware 

P. O. Box 45244 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3587001/2/3/4 

Website: www.sajceramics.com 

ROOFING PRODUCT SUPPLIERS 

CITY ENGINEERING 

WORKS (KENYA) LTD 

Busia Road, Off Entreprise Road, 

Industrial Area 

P. O. Box 10890 – 00400 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 6558904/07 

Website: www.rafikiroofigmabati.com 

OSEKO & OUMA LLP 

5 th Floor, The Mirage, Tower 1, 

Chiromo Road, Westlands 

P. O. Box 47291 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0720 221 324/020 2221335 

Website: www.osekoouma.com 

KNOW ADVOCATES LLP 

The Stables, 2nd Floor, 

Suites 42 & 49, Karen Road 

P. O. Box 27970 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2667 425 

Website: www.knowadvocates.com 

ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS 

PARAGON ARCHITECTS 

1 st Floor, 33 Fricker Road. 

Illovo Boulevard Sandton, 

2196 Johannesburg, South Africa 

P. O. Box 2621 Houghton 2041 

SOUTH AFRICA. 

Tel: +27 (0) 83 449 2670 

Website: www.paragon.co.za 

MORPHOSIS LTD 

Katani Road 

P. O. Box 262 - 00202 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0707 675 661 

Website: www.morphosis.co.ke 

MABATI ROLLING 

MILLS LTD 

Mariakani 

P. O. Box 271 – 00204 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0722 205 396/0722 205 397 

/0722 261 299 

Website: www.mabati.com 

G&G MABATI 

MILLS LTD 

Westend Place Building off Langata Rd 

P.O. BOX 50264 – 0020 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0701 603 777/0722 519 629 

ALUMINIUM FORMWORK SUPPLIERS 

ALI FABRICATION 

SOLUTIONS 

LIMITED 

ALI FABRICATION 

SOLUTIONS LTD 

Fortis Industrial Park - Syokimau 

P. O. Box 10911 – 00400 

NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0721 691 786 

Website: www.alifab.co.ke 

KUMKANG KIND EAST 

AFRICA LTD 

The Mirage, Office 15A, Chiromo 

Road, Westlands 

P. O. Box 51034 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 - 250082/0714 078 661 

/0721 335 749 

Website: kumkangkind.com 

BOOGERTMAN AND 

PARTNERS ARCHITECTS 

LTD 

Allianz Plaza,96 Riverside Drive, Nairobi 

P.O. Box 2047 – 00606 NAIROBI 

Tel: 020 440 8990 / 0736 399 361 

Website: www.boogertmanandpartners.com 

PROJECT MANAGERS 

BUY RENT KENYA LTD 

5 th Floor, Grosvenor Building 

14 Riverside Drive 

P. O. Box 580777 – 00200 

NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2307051 

Website: www.buyrentkenya.com 

DLR GROUP AFRICA 

LTD 

7 th Floor Block/Eden Square Complex, 

Chiromo Road 

P. O. Box 856 – 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 3673710 

Website: www.dlrgroup.com 

TANDEM AND 

STARK LTD 

3 rd Floor, The Green House Suite 

15, Adams Arcade 

P. O. Box 53328 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2318992/2055945 

Website: www.tandemandstark.com 

EPS PANEL MANUFACTURERS 

CEMEX HOLDINGS LTD 

Ruiru Kenya 

P. O. Box 45155 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0722 464 433 

Website: www.cmax.co.ke 

BUILDING MATERIAL MANUFACTURERS 

KELLICOO COMLEX, 

Kellicoo Comlex, Mombasa Road 

P. O. Box 3936 - 00506 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0721 123 123 

Website: www.classic-mouldings.com 

GALAXY HERITAGE LTD 

The Filing Room Building, 

Mombasa Road 

P. O. Box 2088 – 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2574488 

Website: www.galaxyheritage.com 

STEEL STRUCTURES LTD 

Kangundo Road, Off Outer Ring Road 

P. O. Box 49862 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2405445/6/7/0722/0733 517 700 

Website: www.steelstructureskenya.com 

QUESTWORKS 

Questworks Place, Makueni Road and 

Vihiga Road Junction, Kileleshwa 

P. O. Box 18724 - 00500, NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0724 583 351 

Website: www.questworks.co.ke 

GLOBAL PROPERTY 

ADVICE 

St Petersburg 

P. O. Box 42882 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0718 920 995 

www.globalpropertyadvice.com 

SC GROUP 

Matundu Close, 

Off School Lane, Westlands 

P.O. Box 1049 – 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0786 893 417 

Website: www.scgroup.co.ke 

CONTRACTOR FIRMS 

GEOKARMA 

CONSTRUCTION LTD 

Thika Warehouse, Workshop Yard 

P. O. Box 17892 – 00500 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0721 567 990 

www.geokarmaconstruction.co.ke 

KOTO HOUSING KENYA 

Koto House (Formerly the People Printing 

House), Mombasa Road (Mlolongo, 

Machakos County) 

P. O. Box 52494 - 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0789 80 89 91 

Website: www.kotohousingkenya.co.ke 

KITCHEN APPLIANCES 

NEWMATIC AFRICA 

LTD 

James Gichuru Road Next to 

Muthangari Police Station, Off Waiyaki 

Way, Lavington, 

P. O. Box 75362 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0711 112 744 

Website: www.newmaticafrica.com 

CONSTRUCTION PUBLICATION 

FOCUS ON PROPERTY 

LTD 

Karen Connection, Karen 

P. O. Box 24115 - 00502 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0731 780 949/0790 406 471 

Website: www.kenya-real-estate.com 

ENERGY SAVINGS SOLUTIONS 

DAVIS AND SHIRTLIFF 

LTD 

Dundori Road, Industrial Area 

P. O. Box 41762 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 6968000 

Website: www.davisandshirtliff.com 

INTEX CONSTRUCTION 

LTD 

9th Floor Purchottam Place 

Westlands Road 

P. O. Box 60293 – 00200 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0700 282 828 

Website: www.intexafrica.com 

ASSOCIATIONS 

TOWN AND COUNTY 

PLANNERS 

ASSOCIATION OF 

KENYA (TCPAK) 

White Court, Galana Road, Kilimani 

P. O. Box 38027 – 0010 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0725 028 572 

Website: www.tcpak.com 

CEMENT PRODUCERS 

BAMBURI CEMENT 

LTD 

6 th Floor, Kenya Re Towers, Upperhill 

P. O. Box 10921 – 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2893000 

Website: www.bamburicement.com 

RHOMBUS CONCRETE 

LTD 

Tara Road, Ridgeways 

Off Kiambu Road 

P. O. Box 15570 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2172255 

Website: www.rhombusconcrete.com 

FINANCIAL / MORTGAGE / BANKS 

BRITAM 

BRITAM Towers, Head Office 

Mara/Ragati Road Junction, Upperhill 

P. O. Box 30375 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2833000 

Website: www.britam.com 

COMMERCIAL BANK OF 

AFRICA LTD 

Mara and Ragati Roads, 

Upper Hill, Nairobi 

P. O. Box 30437 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2884648 

Website: www.cbagroup.com 

FUSION CAPITAL LTD 

Ground Floor, ACK 

Garden House, Block A 

P. O. Box 47538 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2710149/53 

Website: www.fusioncapitalafrica.com 

HAZELNUT KENYA LTD 

17 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch, 

Johannesburg,South Africa 

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA 

Tel: +271 14485102/+277 69798168 

Website: www.stanlib.com 

SAVANNAH CEMENT 

LTD 

Athi River, Off Namanga Road 

P. O. Box 27910 - 00100, NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0725 999 036 

Website: www.savannahcement.com 

SECURITY PROVIDERS 

AIAL GROUP LTD 

Harmony Centre, GM 43, 

General Mathenge Drive, Westlands 

P. O. Box 1757 - 00606 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 0708 823 647/0703 370 025 

/0713 223 344 

Website: www.aialgroup.com 

SECUREMAN 

SERVICES LTD 

83 Place, Kabarnet Road, 

P. O. Box 6096 - 00100 NAIROBI. 

Tel: 020 2000931 

Website: www.secureman.co.ke 

DAHUA TECHNOLOGY 

KENYA LTD 

Mitsumi Business Park, Muthithi Road, 

Westlands 

Tel: 0796 212 197 

Website: www.dahuasecurity.com 

INVHESTIA AFRICA LTD 

Ground Floor, Block B, Methodist 

Ministries Center, Oloitoktok Road 

P. O. Box 24350 – 00100 NAIROBI 

Tel: 20 4400692 

Website: www.invhestia.com 

KENYA COMMERCIAL 

BANK LTD 

18 th Floor, Lonrho House 

P. O. Box 45129 - 00100 NAIROBI 

Tel: 020 4955000 

Website: www.kcbbankgroup.com 

SPEARHEAD AFRICA 

LTD 

2 nd Floor, Corner House, 

Mama Ngina Street 

P. O. Box 57567 – 00200 NAIROBI 

Tel: 020 513 7011 

Website: www.spearheadafrica.co.ke 

GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS 

STATE DEPARTMENT 

FOR HOUSING, URBAN 

DEVELOPMENT AND 

PUBLIC WORKS 

Ardhi House, 1 st Ngong Avenue 

P. O. Box 30450 – 00100NAIROBI 

Tel: 020 2713833 

Website: www.lands.go.ke 



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NCCG Building Permitting Report JULY-SEPT 2018 

NCCG Building Permitting Report JULY-SEPT 2018 

THE KPDA NAIROBI CITY 

COUNTY GOVERNMENT (NCCG) 

BUILDING PERMITTING 

APPROVALS REPORT 

JULY TO SEPTEMBER 2018 

The 2018 KPDA NCCG Building Permitting Approvals Activity Report provides a 

summary of statistical information on planning permitting activity in Nairobi for July to 

September 2018. Only statistics received from the Nairobi City County Government, 

Urban Planning Department have been used as references. 

A total of 600 

planning permit 

applications 

were approved 

between July and 

September 2018. 

They were worth 

Kshs. 38.7B, giving 

the county a 

total of Kshs. 

388, 355, 028 of 

revenue in terms 

of submission fees. 

This report uses building permitting approval requests submitted to the Nairobi 

City County Government which are then analyzed and approved by a specialist 

committee appointed by the Urban Planning Department of the Nairobi City 

County Government. The report contains information on applications that 

have been approved by the specialist committee highlighting development 

locations, types, values, application revenues and process performances. 

SUMMARY STATISTICS 

A total of 600 planning permit applications were approved 

between July and September 2018. They were worth Kshs. 38.7B, 

giving the county a total of Kshs. 388, 355, 028 of revenue in 

terms of submission fees. 

The submission fee is 66 % dependent on the plinth area 

without the outliers as required by the Tenth schedule of 

the Kenya Building code. It would be necessary though 

to clearly understand the exact criteria of how the 

submission fee is determined. 

The highest investment of Kshs. 2.5B in real estate 

in Nairobi County went to the Proposed Extension 

and Refurbishment of Panafric Hotel giving the county 

a submission fee of Kshs. 3, 755, 000. However the 

approval that sort the highest revenue during this quarter 

While every reasonable effort is made to ensure that the information 

provided in this report is accurate no guarantee for the currency or 

accuracy of information is made. The permitting data was provided to the 

KPDA by the Nairobi City County Physical Planning Department. 

Building Plan Designs 

is Proposed 32 Two Bedroom Flats and 3 Shops 

to be put up along Kirinyaga Road in Starehe Sub 

County, which paid a fee of Kshs. 114, 776, 000. 

On average the estimated value of building 

developments approved was Kshs. 64, 379, 101 

with the submission fee averaging Kshs. 647, 258. 

Kenyan Building Code of 1997 classifies how 

buildings of different classes should be constructed. 

This quarter the approvals made are classified as 

follows: 

• 79.3% (476) - Domestic Class 

(commercial developments, domestic 

buildings and offices) 

• 12% (72) - Public Class (social halls, 

religious buildings, libraries, schools, etc.) 

• 8.67% (52) - Warehouse Class 

(industries, factories, and go downs) 

This guides the developer and other players in 

the industry to realize that materials for domestic 

Class of building would be the most on demand as 

compared to the other two. 

From the data, at least 17.9 % of the 175 000 

acres of the county were approved to be under 

some sort of construction or renovation with 

Westlands, Kibra (Despite having only 9 approvals), 

Starehe and Kasarani being the areas where most 

land activity was taking place during that quarter in 

that order. 

PERMIT APPLICATION ACTIVITY BY SUB-COUNTY 

Westlands, Langata and Starehe, have been constantly leading by number of approvals in the past few 

quarters since activity started shifting from upper hill in the previous years. This could be due to the distance 

from the CBD and the change of user from single dwelling to apartment as the original owners move further 

away from the town and the area’s land price and demand sky rocket. These are areas that are also attracting 

lots of offices and companies’ employees, hence the demand for apartments and offices. 

While every reasonable effort is made to ensure that the information provided in this report is accurate no guarantee for the currency or 

accuracy of information is made. The permitting data was provided to the KPDA by the Nairobi City County Physical Planning Department. 



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PERMIT APPLICATION ACTIVITY BY SUB-COUNTY (CONT.) 

By investment, Westlands, Langata and Dagoretti North received most of the investors’ money, while in terms 

of revenue to the county Starehe sub county led among the three. On the other hand, Mathare, Embakasi 

North and Central contributed the least to the county’s real estate revenue as well as received least amount of 

investment. 

BUILDING CLASS AND ZONAL USER DENSITY ACTIVITY IN NAIROBI 

According to the Kenya building code of 1997; 

Class D - means any building which is neither a public building nor a building of the warehouse class. 

Establishments of this nature were mainly approved to be built in Westlands, Langata and Starehe. 

They are majorly residential but a few are also commercial. 

126 

126 

126 

102 

102 

102 

Approvals 

Approvals 

By 

By 

Sub 

Sub 

counes 

Approvals By Sub 

counes 

counes 

Class P - means a building used or intended to be used either ordinarily or occasionally, as a church, 

chapel or other places of public worship, or as a hospital, public institution, college or school not being 

merely a private dwelling house so used, theatre, public hall, public concert room, public ballroom, 

public lecture room, or public exhibition room, or as a public place of assembly for persons admitted 

thereto by tickets or otherwise, or used or intended to be used, wither ordinarily or occasionally, for any 

other public purpose. 

48 45 

48 

44 

45 44 

40 35 

48 

27 27 26 

45 

40 

44 40 

35 27 27 26 19 18 16 

35 19 18 16 27 27 26 19 18 16 9 7 6 5 

Class W - means a building designed or lawfully used as a warehouse, godown or factory, or for 

carrying on a wholesale business, but does not include any living accommodation which may form part 

of or be annexed to such building, and the formation of an access to a plot. 

As usual, majority of the approvals made (79%) were submitted under the building class category 

domestic class which includes domestic buildings, commercial developments and offices. 

Amount 

Amount 

of 

of 

investment 

investment 

By 

By 

Sub 

Sub 

counes 

Amount of investment By Sub 

counes 

counes 

9,190,371,000 

9,190,371,000 8,160,328,206 

7,489,836,950 

9,190,371,000 8,160,328,206 

8,160,328,206 

7,489,836,950 

7,489,836,950 

4,017,182,000 

4,017,182,000 2,817,684,000 

4,017,182,000 2,817,684,000 1,501,410,000 

2,817,684,000 1,501,410,000 

1,013,886,000 940,877,000 698,346,840 675,500,000 650,180,000 

1,013,886,000 

530,525,000 

940,877,000 

398,597,000 314,650,000 

698,346,840 675,500,000 650,180,000 

158,475,000 

530,525,000 

37,825,000 31,787,000 

1,501,410,000 1,013,886,000 

398,597,000 

940,877,000 

314,650,000 158,475,000 

698,346,840 675,500,000 

37,825,000 

650,180,000 

31,787,000 

530,525,000 398,597,000 314,650,000 158,475,000 37,825,000 31,787,000 

Number of Investments by Building 

Class 

52, 9% 

72, 12% 

D 

134,602,435 

134,602,435 

134,602,435 

Revenue 

Revenue 

to 

to 

county 

county 

By 

By 

Sub 

Sub 

counes 

Revenue to county By Sub 

counes 

counes 

476, 79% 

P 

W 

62,046,23960,417,653 62,046,23960,417,653 44,355,687 44,355,68726,676,545 26,676,54514,384,756 14,384,756 

9,425,201 7,898,130 6,552,903 

9,425,201 

5,732,906 

7,898,130 6,552,903 5,732,906 

Starehe 

Starehe 

Starehe 

Westlands Dagore 

Westlands Dagore 

Westlands Dagore North 

North 

North 

62,046,239 60,417,653 44,355,687 

26,676,545 

14,384,756 9,425,201 7,898,130 6,552,903 5,732,906 

Langata Kamukunji Kasarani Roysambu Embakasi 

Langata Kamukunji Kasarani Roysambu Embakasi 

Langata Kamukunji Kasarani Roysambu Embakasi South 

South 

South 

Makadara 

Makadara 

Makadara 

Embakasi 

Embakasi 

Embakasi East 

East 

East 

This is an indication that more investments are always going to accommodate the ballooning population in the 

county that harbors the country’s capital city as more people trickle in to mainly work in the county. 







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BUILDING CLASS AND ZONAL USER DENSITY ACTIVITY IN NAIROBI (CONT.) 

More than Kshs. 27B was invested in residential usage while only Kshs. 2B was invested in industrial usage 

in an era when the government is keen on industrialization out of the Kshs. 38, 627, 460, 996 worth of 

investments. These investments contributed Kshs. 210M and Kshs. 19M respectively to the County’s revenue 

in form of approval submission fees out of the total Kshs. 372, 092, 454. 

210,601,132.60 

Total Submission Fee by Zonal User/Density 

GRAPHS DEPICTING PERIOD OF APPROVALS 

July was the busiest month for the approving committee while the other two months were almost equal in terms 

of number of approvals to go through. With the number of days taken for approval skewed to the right. This 

raises eyebrows as to why some few projects took too long to be approved. 

Total Number of Approvals During the 

3rd Quarter of 2018 

282 

139,813,307.00 

156 162 

JUL AUG SEP 

19,819,882.00 18,120,707.00 

Number of Days Taken for Approvals 

500 

400 

RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PUBLIC 

Number of Approvals by Zonal User/Density 

455 

160 

140 

120 

100 

80 

60 

40 

20 

147 

120 

97 

84 

54 

26 16 17 9 6 5 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

300 

200 

0 

0-6 

7-13 

14-20 

21-27 

28-34 

35-41 

42-48 

49-55 

56-62 

63-69 

70-76 

77-83 

84-90 

91-97 

98-104 

119-125 

154-160 

231-237 

238-244 

287-293 

763-769 

875-881 

889-895 

1008-1015 

100 

0 

37 52 56 

Commercial Industrial Public Residenal 

Total Esmated Cost by Zonal User/Density 

GRAPHS DEPICTING VALUE OF PROJECTS APPROVED AND THEIR REVENUE 

CONTRIBUTION TO NAIROBI COUNTY 

Cost of the projects approved 

250 

27,282,187,624.00 

200 

150 

228 

4,884,298,450.00 4,451,514,922.00 

2,009,460,000.00 

100 

50 

0 

128 

55 22 17 16 10 3 7 26 5 43 

Residenal Public Commercial Industrial 







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No. of Days 

1200 

1000 

800 

600 

400 

200 

Relationship between Submission fee 

and Rate Relationship of Approval between Submission fee 

and Rate of Approval 

0 

Out of 600 buildings, 

1200 

228 cost ten million 

1000 

and below while 

43 buildings were 

800 

valued over Kshs. 

600 

200 million. This 

400 

means that most of 

these approvals were 

200 

for individual effort. 

- 2,000,000.004,000,000.006,000,000.008,000,000.0010,000,000.00 

0 

This presents an 

Submission 

- 2,000,000.00 

Fee 

4,000,000.006,000,000.008,000,000.0010,000,000.00 

opportunity for better 

Submission Fee 

planning for funders. 

No. of Days 

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE THREE QUARTERS IN 2018 

1 ST QUARTER 

(KSHS) 

2018 QUARTERS 

2 ND QUARTER 

(KSHS) 

3 RD QUARTER 

(KSHS) 

ESTIMATED VALUE 24, 591, 632, 414 30, 054, 132 , 149 38, 627, 460, 996 

SUBMISSION FEE 264, 840, 680 199, 419, 433 372, 092, 454 

DOMESTIC 543 391 476 

No. of Days 

1200 

1000 

Relationship Between Estimated Cost and 

Rate Relationship of Approval Between Estimated Cost and 

Rate of Approval 

800 

600 

800 

400 

600 

As the building 

code 200 requires, most 

400 

of the submission 

0 

200 

fee (60%) was 

- 500,000,000.001,000,000,000.00 

dependent on the 

0 

1,500,000,000.00 2,000,000,000.00 

plinth area which 

Estimated - Cost 500,000,000.001,000,000,000.00 1,500,000,000.00 2,000,000,000.00 

in turn dictated 

Estimated Cost 

the cost of the 

investment 

Submission 

apart 

fee vs Plinth area. 

from 20,000,000.00 a few outliers Submission fee vs Plinth area. 

as 18,000,000.00 shown in the 20,000,000.00 

graphs. 16,000,000.00 However the 18,000,000.00 

amount 14,000,000.00 of revenue 

16,000,000.00 

a project 

12,000,000.00 

contributed 

14,000,000.00 

to the county did 

10,000,000.00 

12,000,000.00 

not guarantee them 

8,000,000.00 

10,000,000.00 

faster approval or 

priority 

6,000,000.00 

in service. 

8,000,000.00 

4,000,000.00 

6,000,000.00 

2,000,000.00 

4,000,000.00 

- 

2,000,000.00 

0 5000 10000 15000 - 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 

Plinth 0 Area 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 40000 

Plinth Area 

Submission fee paid 

No. of Days 

Submission fee paid 

1200 

1000 

BUILDING 

CLASS 

APPROVALS 

PUBLIC 80 53 72 

WAREHOUSE 57 40 52 



FOR MORE INFORMATION, KINDLY CONTACT THE KPDA SECRETARIAT 

Kenya Property Developers Association 

Fatima Flats, Suite 4B, Marcus Garvey Road 

Off Argwings Kodhek, Kilimani Area 

P. O. Box 76154 – 00508 Nairobi, Kenya 

Telephone: +254 737 530 290/0725 286 689 







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End of Year KPDA Networking Koroga Event (6.30pm onwards) 

Date: Friday, 22 nd November 2019 

Venue: Spice Roots Restaurant, Nairobi 

Organizer: KPDA 

Tel: 0725 286 689/0737 530 290 



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