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 4 years ago

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 4 years ago

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 4 years ago

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 4 years ago

How expressway city traffic mess can be avoided

Has anyone thought about the economic cost this is causing to the city?

By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago

Proposals on county projects are welcome

Now, let’s talk about proposals on county governments’ development projects spending.

By Nashon Okowa 4 years ago

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

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

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 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

Enough with these unscrupulous real estate developers

Families are steeped in finance debts while we canonise the purported fraudsters.

By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

Cushion construction sector to save economy

The novel coronavirus has hit the construction industry at a worse time.

By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

Persistent delay of construction approvals wrong

The theatrics at the helm of City Hall is akin to Shakespeare’s character Hamlet.

By Nashon Okowa 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

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

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

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

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 6 years ago

Streamline training of building contractors

The lumping up of contractors during training should cease forthwith.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

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 6 years ago

Nairobi’s risks losing its beauty through unplanned developments

If we don’t harden and demand for this city’s master planning and zoning regulation review, then we must be ready to pay the price dearly.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Due diligence on land is not just a search at the lands offices

This city is callous when it comes to land dealings. Land sellers have become crooked and can go to any length to outwit unsuspecting buyers.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Contractors suffer due to politics, not limited capacity

The intrigues surrounding Arror and Kimwarer dam projects are now known to nearly every Kenyan.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Punish officials who authorise irregular building approvals

Not long ago, we woke up to a frenzy of demolitions of “irregularly” approved buildings, and after a short while, the buzz abruptly fizzled out.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Ask hard questions early to detect fraud in real estate

This is one rule phony real estate ‘investment’ companies have mastered in their journey of conning unsuspecting Kenyans.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Criminalise thriving sale of architects, engineers licences

We have, and rightfully so, for some time been bashing the construction statutory agencies for quite literally every mishaps that have befallen

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

It is immoral for public to continue funding Nema, NCA

In the 2016/17 budget, Treasury Cabinet Secretary scrapped the Nema and National Construction Authority construction levies.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

It's time for banks to change tack in real estate financing

The real estate sector continues to experience rise in non-performing loans (NPLs), according to Central Bank of Kenya reports

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

‘Jua kali’ mentality a threat to viability of prime projects

The term construction project management, mostly referred to as project management and construction management,

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Fake construction permits driving industry down

Our economy cannot afford the luxury of further growth decline in the construction sector

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Structural warranty of buildings should protect home buyers

Buyers need protection from the structural warranty in buildings

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago

Success of affordable housing lies in low cost of construction

Housing tax and lottery are the latest introductions into the affordable housing debate as government unravel the bits of the affordable housing.

By Nashon Okowa 6 years ago