Three organizations have sought legal intervention to bar the Mombasa County Government from proceeding with its multi-billion-shilling housing project.
Haki Yetu St Patrick’s, Legal Advice Centre and Transparency International Kenya have accused the county government of making unilateral decisions.
The construction of the 30,000 housing units, is in line with the county's Sh200 billion Vision 2035 mega project.
The construction will lead to the demolition of twelve estates.
Housing executive Anthony Njaramba, said the units will include bedsitters, one, two and three-bedroomed houses, as well as different amenities such as schools and hospitals.
“The existing units are to be demolished. The county government has identified alternative accommodation for tenants,” said Njaramba, adding that 20 percent of the new units will be retained by the county government.
The bedsitters will range from Sh1m to Sh1.5m while one-bedroom houses will range between Sh2.5m to Sh4.5m. The two-bedroom houses will go for Sh4M and Sh7m while three-bedrooms are valued at Sh6m and Sh9m.
“Unfortunately, due to passage of time and poor record keeping by the defunct municipal council, we do not have a comprehensive documentation of tenants,” said Njaramba, as quoted by Nation.
The three organisations through Mr Willis Oluga filed a case against the county government, county secretary and Housing executive.
Mr Olunga argued that the county government should construct affordable units.