The purpose of these Development Framework Guidelines (DFGs) is to provide qualitative guidance on the key components of the Affordable Housing Programme. These guidelines provide instruction on how the vision and policies of the government of Kenya, through the State Department for Housing and Urban Development (SDHUD), will be implemented and how progress will be monitored and reviewed.

An Act of parliament relating to distress for rent. It details renting agreement and the penalty for fraud.

This parliamentary Act empowers local authorities and the government to guarantee the repayment of parts of advances made by building societies.

The warehouse receipt system bill was established to provide regulations for warehouse receipt systems for agricultural commodities and related purposes. The bill provides for the establishment of the warehouse receipt system council, licensing of warehouses, obligations and rights of warehouse operators upon their receipts, negotiation & transfer of receipts and penal provisions.

This guidelines provides terms and conditions of granting a mortgage loan, application procedures, and costs to be met by the state officer.

The parliamentary Act to provide for loans and grants of public money for the construction of dwellings, to establish a housing fund and a housing board for these purposes; and for connected purposes.

This is a parliamentary Act to declare and amend the law relating to the legal domicil of persons. Regulation 3-8 explain the different forms of domicil -domicil of origin, choice, by adoption, foundlings, legitimation.

This regulatory document has an overriding objective to facilitate the just, expeditions, proportionate and affordable resolution of appeals.

Nairobi Metro 2030 is part of the overall national development agenda for Kenya which is encapsulated in Kenya vision 2030 and the grand coalition government policy agenda. These two documents are the country’s response to dealing with key developmental issues. It aims at optimizing the role of the Nairobi metropolitan region (NMR) in the national development effort and facilitating the effective utilization of the NMR’s resource endowments.

It provides procedures for the disbursement of fund. It defines an affordable housing scheme as social housing designated for monthly income earners earning up to 19,999 shillings, low cost housing designated for monthly income earners earning between 20,000 to 49,999 shillings, and mortgage gap housing designated for monthly income earners earning between 50, 000 to 149, 999 shillings.

The objectives of this scheme are to provide housing loan facilities to civil servants for the purpose of either purchasing or contracting a residential house, to develop housing units for sale or rental by civil servants and raise fund for these objectives.

The abbreviated resettlement action plan was designed to achieve the following objectives: to guide compensation against displacement in line with laws, regulations and guidelines for resettlement/land acquisition policy framework of the government of Kenya and the world bank; to identify and quantify different categories of project –affected – people [PAPS] who would require some form of assistance, compensation, rehabilitation or relocation; and to provide guidelines to stakeholders participating in the mitigation of adverse social impacts of the project.

Emphasis is laid on full resettlement of PAPs and addressing their grievances before actual project commencement. The report includes a schedule for implementation of activities and estimates a time period of 1 year for completion of the entire process. Prompt and fair compensation/ resettlement assistance and clear sources of funding will be in place to ensure timely implementation of the proposed project.

This amends the civil servant (housing scheme fund) regulation, 2004

The irrigation bill promotes and regulates the development and management of irrigation in Kenya. The bill provides for the regulations of irrigation, the establishment of national irrigation development authority as a successor of national irrigation board, the role of county governments with respect to the irrigation development and management, irrigation services, financial provisions of the authority, protection from liability of its members and offences that may arise from violation of various provisions of the Act.

These regulations established a fund to be known as the civil service housing scheme fund to provide housing loan facilities to civil servants for the purposes of either purchasing or constructing residential house.

These regulations establish a fund known as the state officers house mortgage scheme fund to provide loan scheme for the purchase or development of property by the state officers.

The sessional paper no. 3 of 2016 on national housing policy addresses key issues relating to delivery of housing in this country and takes into consideration article 43(1) (b) of the constitution, which guarantees every person in Kenya the right to accessible and adequate housing and to reasonable standards of sanitation while the state shall undertake legislative, policy and other measures including the setting of standards, to achieve the progressive realization of the right to accessible and adequate housing. It proposes measures towards provision of adequate shelter in healthy living environments at affordable costs to all socio-economic groups in Kenya. It further proposes measures that shall tackle housing problems in both the rural and urban areas and offers special attention to vulnerable groups through introduction of social housing while encouraging adequate growth, maintenance and improvement of housing stock to meet human needs.

The design recommends a multi-level building to house the directly affected traders and temporary structures will be provided outside the market site. A critical analysis was conducted to take care of all concerns raised such as design of the stalls, the layout of the building as well as the consideration for horizontal and vertical accommodation of the vendors. The Ruiru market design is in 2 sections. The first section which is paved and has traders dealing in agricultural produce will consist of the following. Providing a roof cover for traders, provision of cabro paved parking and storm water drainage, provision of solid waste collection points.

This parliamentary Act provides for the establishment of the communications commission of Kenya, to facilitate the development of the information and communications sector (including broadcasting, multimedia, telecommunications and postal services) and electronic commerce to provide for the transfer of the functions, powers, assets and liabilities of the Kenya posts and telecommunication corporation to the commission, the telcom Kenya limited and the postal corporation of Kenya, and for connected purposes.