?Plans to build 1,800 housing units in Nairobi’s Ngara estate could face difficulties during the implementation phase. This is after the project was classified as high risk to the human population in the surrounding areas as well as the environment. Through a public-private partnership, the Nairobi county government plans to build 1,800 affordable housing units where Jeevanjee and Bachelors estates stood until last year. The notice requires projects that are “out of character” with their surroundings or ones that bring about major changes in land use be classified as high risk. “The categorisation of the project as high risk implies it presents potentially negative impacts on the environment and the social conditions of those concerned.

Source: Standard Digital June 11, 2020 06:16 UTC