Kisumu County has handed over the old Ondiek estate to the National Housing Corporation (NHC) for a major redevelopment project.
The transfer, announced by Governor Anyang' Nyong'o, serves as a settlement of a long-standing Sh900 million debt owed by the county to NHC.
The debt that was inherited from the defunct Kisumu Municipal Council was used to develop Ondiek and other estates in the lakeside city more than four decades ago.
Speaking at his office on Monday during a meeting with NHC General Manager in charge of estates, Washington Agutu, Nyong'o revealed that the redevelopment would involve demolishing the old, dilapidated houses at the estate to pave the way for the construction of modern high-rise housing units.
