Laini Saba petitioners before the Senate committee. Photo: Capital FM
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Only 256 of 1,432 Laini Saba households got houses, Senate committee told.
Of 1,432 residential occupants counted for the Kenya Railways resettlement at Laini Saba, only 256 have received houses. Of 833 business occupants counted, 583 got stalls, leaving about 250 traders with nothing.
Those are the figures petitioners gave the Senate Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing when it heard the Laini Saba petition on Thursday last week.
Who spoke
The petitioners were Victor Wamae and Woodley/Kenyatta Golf Course MCA Davidson Ngibuini, known as DNG. Wamae said the houses that were handed over are incomplete because there is no water connection.
Ngibuini put it this way: "There is no water, and that's why some people have now even invaded those toilets and they are using the toilets as houses."
The stalled second phase
Phase Two of the resettlement housing, at Jamhuri behind the county Inspectorate Trading Centre, has stalled. The petitioners said the money ran out. Families who won units in the ballot are still waiting, and some remain at the decanting site.
Other complaints: no sewer connection, no lighting and no fencing; market stalls that are too small and sit too close to the railway line; flooding and poor drainage; and the removal of a police post that served Woodley and neighbouring wards.
What the senators said
The committee is chaired by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute. Nominated Senator Peris Tobiko raised the safety of displaced families with heavy rains forecast. Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana asked for documents showing the legal basis on which residents occupied the railway land. Nominated Senator Miraj Abdillahi also sat on the panel.
The committee directed the petitioners to submit full beneficiary lists and lease agreements so they can be checked against Kenya Railways' own records.
Background
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna tabled the petition on 14 July on behalf of Laini Saba and Woodley traders and residents. The Speaker gave the committee 60 days to report, a deadline that fell around 12 September. KNN reported the petition here.
Sources: Capital FM, The Standard, Senate Hansard, 14 July 2026
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Of 1,432 residential occupants counted for the Kenya Railways resettlement at Laini Saba, only 256 have received houses. Of 833 business occupants counted, 583 got stalls, leaving about 250 traders with nothing.
Those are the figures petitioners gave the Senate Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing when it heard the Laini Saba petition on Thursday last week.
Who spoke
The petitioners were Victor Wamae and Woodley/Kenyatta Golf Course MCA Davidson Ngibuini, known as DNG. Wamae said the houses that were handed over are incomplete because there is no water connection.
Ngibuini put it this way: “There is no water, and that’s why some people have now even invaded those toilets and they are using the toilets as houses.”
The stalled second phase
Phase Two of the resettlement housing, at Jamhuri behind the county Inspectorate Trading Centre, has stalled. The petitioners said the money ran out. Families who won units in the ballot are still waiting, and some remain at the decanting site.
Other complaints: no sewer connection, no lighting and no fencing; market stalls that are too small and sit too close to the railway line; flooding and poor drainage; and the removal of a police post that served Woodley and neighbouring wards.
What the senators said
The committee is chaired by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute. Nominated Senator Peris Tobiko raised the safety of displaced families with heavy rains forecast. Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana asked for documents showing the legal basis on which residents occupied the railway land. Nominated Senator Miraj Abdillahi also sat on the panel.
The committee directed the petitioners to submit full beneficiary lists and lease agreements so they can be checked against Kenya Railways’ own records.
Background
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna tabled the petition on 14 July on behalf of Laini Saba and Woodley traders and residents. The Speaker gave the committee 60 days to report, a deadline that fell around 12 September. KNN reported the petition here.
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