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How government is losing millions in rents from housing units

By Graham Kajilwa | 1d ago

Kenyans Queueing to view the 228 completed units out of 1370 being constructed by government at Parkroad Nairobi under the affordable housing programme on Friday, March 6, 2020. [File, Standard]

The government is losing more than Sh176.8 million in rent collections due to boarded houses that are either uninhabitable or have been transferred to other agencies.

A report by the Auditor General Nancy Gathungu has raised concerns over the state of these buildings, detailing how boarded units are now shrinking the government’s stock of houses.

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