City Hall has revived a plan to acquire lavish homes for the new Nairobi Governor and deputy at a hefty cost of Sh500 million, setting it on a collision course with the Senate.
The plan is contained in the Nairobi County Annual Development Plan for the financial year ending June 30, 2023.
“The Nairobi County government plans to purchase Governor’s and deputy governor’s residences amounting to Sh500 million in the next financial year which begins on July 1, 2022,” reads in part the report tabled before the Nairobi County Assembly by the Budget and Appropriations committee.
Though the document does not provide elaborate details on the proposed location, specifications and cost of each of the planned residences, it will be more than enough to secure some of the biggest houses in the most expensive estates in Nairobi.
The projected amount is also more than five times the Senate’s cap for such a project where the cost of a governor’s official house was capped at Sh45 million, that of the deputy at Sh40 million and Sh35 million for the Speaker.
The latest house price data in Nairobi by Hass Consult shows that Gigiri is the most expensive neighbourhood in Kenya with an average house selling for Sh121 million.