KPDA Media Weekly

Review Report as at 28th

September 2018

CEO DE-BRIEF

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INVITATION TO THE KPDA CEO BREAKFAST FORUM ON MANAGING AND

PLANNING INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS, TUESDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2018 AT THE VILLA

ROSA KEMPSINKI HOTEL

Proudly Sponsored By Two Rivers Development Ltd The Kenya Property Developers Association will be holding a CEO Breakfast Forum on Tuesday 16th October 2018 at the Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel from 7.30am to 10.30am. The theme of the forum is 'Managing and Planning Infrastructure Costs' and presentations shall be made by:

Two Rivers Development Ltd;

Athena Properties Ltd;

MaceYMR and;

State Department for Infrastructure CHARGES: KPDA Members: Kshs. 4, 640 (inclusive of VAT) Non – Members: Kshs. 6, 380 (inclusive of VAT) To book your slot, kindly call the secretariat through the telephone numbers 0725 286 689 or 0737 530 290 or by emailing membership@kpda.or.ke

INVITATION TO THE 34TH ANNUAL AUHF CONFERENCE & AGM 2018, 23RD - 25TH

OCTOBER 2018, AT THE AZALAI HOTEL, ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE

International Finance Corporation is an official partner to the 34th Annual AUHF Conference & AGM 2018 taking place on the 23rd - 25th October 2018 at the Azalai Hotel, Abidjan, Cote D’ivoire. The 2-day conference will include participation from over 200 delegates and 145 companies, bringing together Africa’s key players such as investors, financiers, developers, building material suppliers, professionals and policy makers in the housing and finance industries to deliberate on the challenges and explore opportunities when it comes to finance on the delivery and management of affordable housing. This year’s theme is “Building Africa’s Housing Financing Chain.”

To download the brochure for the event please Click Here. To view event website for further information and program please Click Here

“Real estate cannot be lost or stolen, nor can it be carried away. Purchased with common sense, paid for in full, and managed with reasonable care, it is about the safest investment in the world.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

INVITATION TO THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TASKFORCE ON ELECTRONIC

LAND TRANSACTIONS, REGISTRATION, COVEYANCING AND OTHER RELATED

ACTIVITIES UNDER THE LAND REGISTRATION ACT 2012, THE LAND ACT 2012 AND

THE COMMUNITY LAND ACT 2016

22nd September 2018

Daily Nation| Ibrahim Mwathane| Saturday 22nd September 2018

WITH LITTLE LAND, HIGH POPULATION, VERTICAL HOUSING IS SURE WAY TO GO

Africa is gradually appreciating that though comparatively well-endowed with much unutilised or underutilised land, rapid population increase and horizontal developments may be its bane in future. Read More.

Daily Nation| Magesha Ngwiri| Saturday 22nd September 2018

KIAMBU FARMLAND SHOULDN’T BE TURNED INTO CONCRETE WASTELAND

In my youth, I used to envy those who regularly trooped each morning to the huge coffee plantations mostly owned by white farmers, and later, by the new political and business elite who eventually bought the farms. Read More.

The Standard| Otiato Guguyu| Saturday 22nd September 2018

KIAMBU FARMLAND SHOULDN’T BE TURNED INTO CONCRETE WASTELAND

The government will buy 900 acres of East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) land at an undisclosed fee to settle part of the Sh1.4 billion claim that workers were granted by court. Read More.

23rd September 2018

Business Daily | Francis Mureithi | Sunday 23rd September 2018

CYTONN OPENS NEW OFFICE IN EXPANSION DRIVE

A leading real estate management company has announced plans to invest millions of shilling in Nakuru.Read more.

Business Daily | Washe Kazungu | Sunday 23rd September 2018

LETTERS: SENSITISE KENYANS ON COMMUNITY LAND LAW

The Community Land Act seeks to improve management of communally owned land, while doing away with the challenges that came about with the Group Representatives Act. Read more.

Business Daily | James Kariuki | Sunday 23rd September 2018

TWO RIVERS SCOOPS REAL ESTATE AWARD

Three Kenyan projects are among 11 recognised as Africa’s most innovative and demand-driven construction developments. Read more.

Business Daily | Brian Ngugi| Sunday 23rd September 2018

PORTLAND TO SELL ATHI RIVER LAND

Ailing East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is betting on the sale of 900 acres of prime land in Athi River for a comeback. Read more.

The Standard | Dominic Omondi | Sunday 23rd September 2018

UNCERTAINTY HANGS AROUND HOUSING PLAN AHEAD OF IMPLEMENTATION

An air of uncertainty hangs over implementation of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s housing fund. Read more.

24th September 2018

Daily Nation| Vitalis Kimutai| Monday 24th September 2018

RIFT FARMERS TO SUE IN EFFORT TO SAVE 932-ACRE TEA PLANTATION

Staring at possible losses running into hundreds of millions of shillings, 19,000 shareholders of Sinendet Multipurpose Cooperative Society will Tuesday move to court to challenge a bid by Kenya Forest Service (KFS) to repossess 932.075 acres of a tea plantation.Read More.

Daily Nation| Dennis Lubaga| Monday 24th September 2018

REGULATIONS SLOW DOWN LAUNCH OF INDUSTRIAL PARK IN ELDORET

Regulatory demands put in place by the government for the establishment of special economic zones are among factors presenting a challenge to the construction of the Sh200 billion industrial park in Eldoret. Read More.

Daily Nation| Brian Wasuna and John Kamau| Monday 24th September 2018

MADATALI CHATUR PUTS SH76BN ESTATE ON THE BLOCK

Of all the Kenyan billionaires — and they are a handful — reclusive businessman Madatali Chatur could be the least known. Read More.

Business Daily| Edwin Mutai| Monday 24th September 2018

KEMSA BOSS QUIZED OVER TITLE DEEDS FOR SH183M LAND

The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) has no title deeds to prove ownership of parcels of land worth Sh183 million spread across the country, Parliament has been told. Read More.

Business Daily| Sam Kiplagat| Monday 24th September 2018

14 RIVERSIDE SH577M FRAUD SUIT NOW AT SUPREME COURT A Sh577 million fraud suit linked to the development of the multibillion-shilling exclusive office block, 14 Riverside, has moved to the Supreme Court, adding a new twist to the eight-year row. Read More.

Business Daily| Mohamed Ahmed| Monday 24th September 2018

MOMBASA GOES DIGITAL TO NAB RATES DEFAULTERS

The Mombasa county government has launched a digital platform that will help track defaulters who owe the county millions of shillings in unpaid land rates. Read More.

Business Daily| John Mutua| Monday 24th September 2018

EX-JOMO KENYATTA DANCER TO GET SH1BN FOR LAND NEAR RUTO OFFICE

A Nakuru-based family, linked to a member of a traditional dance group that used to entertain late president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, will get Sh1 billion for land adjacent to Deputy President William Ruto’s Harambee House Annex office after the National Land Commission ruled it owned the property. Read More.

Daily Nation| Invitation to tender| Monday 24th September 2018

INVITATION TO TENDER: TENDER NO MTIHUD/HUD/NBI/02/2018-2019PROVISION OF MATERIAL TESTING SERVICES FOR ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY OF EXISTING BUILDINGS

Business Daily| Patrick Alushula| Monday 24th September 2018

UHURU PICKS FORMER KWAL BOSS TO STEER TROUBLED PORTLAND

The government is betting on former Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL) managing director Edwin Kinyua as chairman of cash-strapped East African Portland Cement (EAPCC) to come up with strategies that will help manoeuvre the firm out of dire financial straits over the next three years. Read More.

The Standard |The Standard Team | Monday 24th September 2018 COURT OF APPEAL TO HEAR LANDMARK APPEAL BY US FIRM OVER LAMU WIND PROJECT The Court of Appeal will start hearing an appeal by an American firm seeking to invest Sh23 billion in wind power generation in Lamu, on October 9. Read More.

25th September 2018

Daily Nation| Editorial| Tuesday 25th September 2018

STATE MUST STOP THE MAU FOREST VIOLENCE

The fresh outbreak of violence in the Rift Valley is quite frightening. Read More.

Daily Nation | Letters | Tuesday 25th September 2018

SUBDIVISION OF LARGE FARMS WHOSE LEASES EXPIRE IS COURTING DISASTER

Of late, several leases for large-scale tea and coffee estates are lapsing and counties have been withholding recommendation for renewal for various reasons, one being release of land for development and settlement. Read More.

Business Daily | Eric Wainaina | Tuesday 25th September 2018 DEL MONTE LAND LEASE DEAL STILL HAUNTS WAITITU

The controversy surrounding Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu’s decision to renew the land lease for Del Monte seems to be far from over. Read More.

Business Daily | Editorial | Tuesday 25th September 2018 EDITORIAL: STOP PERENNIAL CLASHES

Renewed ethnic clashes in the Rift Valley should sound the alarm bells that we are yet to fully resolve the root causes of perennial violence that has persisted since Kenya adopted the multi-party system in 1992. Read More.

Business Daily | James Kariuki | Tuesday 25th September 2018 SOUTH AFRICAN LOGISTICS FIRM, ACTIS PARTNER TO BUILD MEGA WAREHOUSE

A South Africa-based logistics operator has launched a 103-acre product-specific warehouse development along Nairobi’s Eastern bypass eyeing bulk importation and repackaging business from increased intra-Africa trade.Read More.

Business Daily | Stanley Ngotho | Tuesday 25th September 2018 LAND PAY ROW TO FURTHER DELAY SGR’S 2ND PHASE

The completion of phase two of the standard gauge railway (SGR) may be delayed as the Kenya Railways Corporation and National Land Commission (NLC) are still locking horns with land owners in Kajiado County over land compensation.Read More.

Business Daily | Bonface Otieno | Tuesday 25th September 2018 PLAN TO DECONGEST NAIROBI INLAND DEPOT IS ROLLED OUT

The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is this week expected to start evacuating 3,000 long-stay containers from the Inland Container Depot in Nairobi (ICDN) to Makongeni Kenya Railways goods yard.Read More.

Business Daily | Galgallo Fayo | Tuesday 25th September 2018 GITHUNGURI DAIRY SEEKS TO WIND UP UCHUMI OVER DEBT

Kiambu-based milk processor Githunguri Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society has filed a petition seeking to wind up Uchumi Supermarkets in a move that is expected to increase financial pressure on the troubled retail chain.Read More.

The Standard | Lee Mwiti | Tuesday 25th September 2018 WHY KENYANS ARE YET TO WARM UP TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS The introduction of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Reits) as an investment vehicle for players in real estate at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in 2015 was billed as a game changer .Read More.

The Standard | Dalton Nyabundi | Tuesday 25th September 2018 KBL SUSPENDS CONTRACTOR DUE TO PAY ROW WITH SUPPLIERS

Kenya Breweries has suspended one of the contractors involved in the construction of its Sh15 billion keg brewery in Kisumu. Read More.

26th September 2018

Daily Nation| Ayumba Ayodi |Wednesday 26th September 2018

CASH-STRAPPED NOCK STRUGGLE TO SAVE BILLION-SHILLING OFFICE BLOCK The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) has intensified operations to rescue the stalled construction of its Sh1 billion headquarters, Nock Plaza in Upper Hill, Nairobi. Read More. Daily Nation| William Ruthi |Wednesday 26th September 2018

RAILWAY MUSEUM: LAND OF GONE MAGIC I was secretly hoping I would catch the whiff of Meryl Streep’s perfume, maybe catch the sweep of her nightgown. It was an aesthete’s folly of course. Read More.

Daily Nation| Dennis Lubanga|Wednesday 26th September 2018

SENATE THREATENS TO HALT SH5BN BYPASS OVER COMPENSATION A Senate committee has threatened to suspend a multibillion road project in Uasin Gishu County over land compensation and employment of locals. Read More.

Daily Nation| James Ngunjiri|Wednesday 26th September 2018

GLOBAL CHAIN HYATT HOTELS PLANS KENYA ENTRY IN 2020 US-based global hospitality chain Hyatt Hotels Corporation has entered into a management agreement with Kenyan real estate and construction company Kanha Ltd for introduction of the first Hyatt-branded hotels in Nairobi. Read More.

Business Daily | Stanley Ngotho | Wednesday 26th September 2018

KAJIADO LAND COMPENSATION ROW THREATENS SGR WORKS

A land compensation standoff pitting the National Land Commission, Kenya Railways Corporation and land owners in Kajiado County has deepened, signalling a possible delay in completion of the second phase of the standard gauge railway (SGR). Read More .

The Standard | Jean Ruhiu | Wednesday 26th September 2018

ACTIS TO BUILD SH11 BILLION WAREHOUSES Real estate private equity firm Actis and South Africa’s Improvon Group are due to start construction of a Sh11 billion industrial park. Read More .

The Standard | Peterson Githaiga | Wednesday 26th September 2018

A PEEK INTO EAST AFRICA LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL A Chinese company contracted to build Phase 2A of the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) has successfully drilled the longest railway tunnel in East Africa. Read More .

27th September 2018

Daily Nation| Eric Matara | Thursday 27th September 2018

OGIEK THREATEN TO SUE STATE FOR DELAYED JUSTICE IN MAU EVICTIONS

The Ogiek community has threatened to go back to the African Court on Human and People's Rights in Arusha, Tanzania, over what it terms continued violation of its rights. Read More.

Daily Nation| Magati Obebo | Thursday 27th September 2018

ANTI-GRAFT TEAM ARRESTS SIX LANDS REGISTRY OFFICIALS

The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) officials on Wednesday evening arrested six Kisii Lands Registry officials, among them the regional boss following a sting operation. Read More.

Daily Nation| Charles Wanyoro | Thursday 27th September 2018

MATIANG'I SAYS BAN ON MWEA RESETTLEMENTS STILL IN FORCE

Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Fred Matiang’i has extended the five-month ban on resettling people inside the contentious 44,000-acre Mwea settlement scheme. Read More.

Daily Nation| Kalume Kazungu | Thursday 27th September 2018

TWAHA, ANGRY LAMU LEADERS STORM OUT OF LAPSSET MEETING

Lamu County leaders have stormed out of a meeting that was to deliberate on land acquisition for the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor project after disagreements arose. Read More.

Daily Nation| Aggrey Omboki | Thursday 27th September 2018

LOW-COST HOUSING PROJECT BEGINS NEXT MONTH

Owning a house remains a distant dream for most middle- and low-income Kenyans. A look at the classified advertisements in the newspapers leaves the average, employed middle-class Kenyan discouraged. Read More.

Daily Nation| Nation Reporter | Thursday 27th September 2018

TOP REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT WINNERS NAMED

The 9th Africa Property Investment (API) Summit and Expo 2018, Africa’s largest investment and development conference, was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from September 20 to 21. Read More.

The Standard | James Wanzala| Thursday 27th September 2018 REPORT: ETHIOPIA LEADS IN HOTEL EXPANSION IN EAST AFRICA KENYA SECOND Ethiopia leads in hotel development in East Africa. This is according to a regional focus from the influential annual hotel pipeline survey by Lagos-based W Hospitality Group. Read More. The Standard | Patrick Beja| Thursday 27th September 2018 INVESTORS GET NOD FOR SGR EXTENSION The Government has allowed private businesses to extend the Standard Gauge Railway line from the Mombasa port’s conventional cargo berths to their premises. Read More. The Standard | James Wanzala| Thursday 27th September 2018 MALL INVEST SH1BILION IN SOLID WASTE MINIMIZATION SYSTEMS The Hub Karen Lifestyle complex developers have confirmed plans to strengthen the facilities solid waste management systems to enhance environmental conservation efforts. Read More.

The Standard | Hosea Omole| Thursday 27th September 2018 DESIGN WITH COLOUR SCHEME IN MIND Landscape colour is not limited to flower colour. Other colourful components such as leaves, fruits, stems and hardscape elements can be controlled to achieve a desired colour scheme. Read More. The Standard | Ferdinand Mwongela| Thursday 27th September 2018 MAPUTO’S IMPRESSIVE ARCHITECTURAL TOURISM Buildings form attractions for many cities. What comes to mind when you think of travel and tourism? Read More.

28th September 2018

Daily Nation |David Mwere |Friday 28th September 2018

MINISTER TOBIKO, RIFT MPS IN WAR OF WORDS OVER MAU EVICTIONS Environment and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko has said that he has nothing to do with the skirmishes that have rocked in some parts of Narok and Nakuru counties even as a section of MPs from the Rift Valley accused him of involvement. Read more Daily Nation |Brian Ngugi |Friday 28th September 2018

QUERIES EMERGE OVER RISING COST OF BUILDING ROADS The cost of building new roads has breached earlier limits set by the government, dealing a blow to concerted efforts to rein in unscrupulous contractors. Read more. Daily Nation | Lilys Njeru | Friday 28th September 2018 FOCUS YOUR EFFORTS ON WHAT WORKS FOR YOU

In his early thirties, Reuben Kimani is the co-founder and CEO Username Investment Limited, a local land buying and selling company. Read more.

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