horizon limited in kenya
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Horizon Limited In Kenya

Horizon Limited Construction Company is located in Westlands part of Nairobi, on Westlands Road. Horizon Limited Construction Company email address is at [email protected].

The telephone contacts of Horizon Limited Construction Company in Kenta are +254 (020) 2091811 and 2379175.

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list of registered insurance companies in kenya 2014
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List Of Registered Insurance Companies in Kenya 2014

1. AAR Insurance Kenya Limited

P.O Box 41766

00100, NAIROBI

 

2. A P A Insurance Limited

P.O Box 30065

00100, NAIROBI

 

3. Africa Merchant Assurance Company Limited

P.O Box 61599

00200, NAIROBI

 

4. Apollo Life Assurance Limited

P.O Box 30389

00100, NAIROBI

 

5. AIG Kenya Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 49460

00100, NAIROBI

 

6. British-American Insurance Company (Kenya) Limited

P.O Box 30375

00100, NAIROBI

 

7. Cannon Assurance Limited

P. O. Box 30216

00100, NAIROBI

 

8. Capex Life Assurance Company Limited

P. O. Box 12043

00400, NAIROBI

 

9. CFC Life Assurance Limited

P.O. Box 30364

00100, NAIROBI

 

10. CIC General Insurance Limited

P.O. Box 59485

00200, NAIROBI

 

11. CIC Life Assurance Limited

P.O. Box 59485

00200, NAIROBI

 

12. Continental Reinsurance Limited

P.O. Box 76326

00508, NAIROBI

 

13. Corporate Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 34172

00100, NAIROBI

 

14. Directline Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 40863

00100, NAIROBI

 

15. East Africa Reinsurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 20196

00200, NAIROBI

 

16. Fidelity Shield Insurance Company Limited

P. O. Box 47435

00100, NAIROBI

 

17. First Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 30064

00100,

NAIROBI

 

18. G A Insurance Limited,

P.O. Box 42166

00100, NAIROBI

 

19. Gateway Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 60656

00200, NAIROBI

 

20 Geminia Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 61316

00200, NAIROBI

 

21. ICEA LION General Insurance Company

Limited

P.O. Box 30190

00100, NAIROBI

 

22. ICEA LION Life Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 46143

00100, NAIROBI

 

23.Intra Africa Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 43241

00100, NAIROBI

 

24. Invesco Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 52964

00200, NAIROBI

 

25. Kenindia Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 44372

00100, NAIROBI

 

26. Kenya Orient Insurance Limited

P.O. Box 34530

00100, NAIROBI

 

27. Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited

P.O. Box 30271

00100, NAIROBI

 

28. Madison Insurance

Company Kenya Limited

P.O. Box 47382

00100, NAIROBI

 

29. Mayfair Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 45161

00100, NAIROBI

 

30. Mercantile Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 20680

00200, NAIROBI

 

31. Metropolitan Life Insurance Kenya Limited

P.O.

Box 46783

00100, NAIROBI

 

32. Occidental Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 39459 -00623

NAIROBI

 

33. Old Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 30059

00100, NAIROBI

 

34. Pacis Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 1870

00200, NAIROBI

 

35. Pan Africa Life Assurance Limited

P.O. Box 44041

00100, NAIROBI

 

36.Phoenix of East Africa Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 30129

00100, NAIROBI

 

37. Pioneer Assurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 20333

00200, NAIROBI

 

38. Real Insurance Company Limited

P.O. Box 40001

00100, NAIROBI

 

39. Resolution Insurance Company Limited

P.O Box 4469

00100, NAIROBI

 

40. Resolution Insurance Company Limited

General

P.O Box 4469

00100, NAIROBI

 

41. Shield

Assurance Company Limited

Life

P.O. Box 25093

00100, NAIROBI

 

42.Takaful Insurance of Africa Limited

General

P.O Box 1811

00100, NAIROBI

 

43. Tausi Assurance Company Limited

General

P.O. Box 28889

00200, NAIROBI

 

44. The Heritage Insurance Company Limited

General

P. O. Box 30390

00100, NAIROBI.

 

45. The Jubilee Insurance Company of Kenya

Limited

Composite

P.O. Box 30376

00100, NAIROBI

 

46. The Kenyan Alliance Insurance Company

Limited

Composite

P.O Box 30170

00100, NAIROBI

 

47. The Monarch Insurance Company Limited Composite

P.O. Box 44003

00100, NAIROBI

 

48. Trident Insurance Company Limited

General

P.O. Box 55651

00200, NAIROBI

 

49. UAP Insurance Company Limited

General

P.O. Box 43013

00100, NAIROBI

 

50. UAP Life Assurance

Limited

Life

P.O. Box 23842

00100, NAIROBI

 

51. Xplico Insurance Company Limited

General

P.O Box 38106

00623, NAIROBI

 

 

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contacts of hass consult limited kenya
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Contacts Of Hass Consult Limited Kenya

Hass Consult Limited is a Kenyan Company that was formed in 1992. The company’s vision is to improve and change the patterns of real estate in the country. There are many companies that deal with real estate. Hass Consult has the core values of transparency, professionalism and it adhered to global standards. The company has different bill board all over the country and it owns different buildings and property. It has become one of the best in its field.

HassConsult is a company that has been around for more than 10 years and therefore, it has a lot of experience in this field. It gets a lot of opportunities in the country and it continues to get many benefits. It also has great business cycles and property cycles and it has a wealth of expertise. This company has a great policy. It keeps inventing new products and it keeps the house buyers interested. It has very great financial structures and up to date technologies. IT has well-furnished houses and property.

This company has a great attention to customers and an eye for detail. The real estate company has had its own niche because it has a unique way of carrying out its business practices. The company has been a trendsetter for other companies in Kenya and it has won different awards. One of the main reasons for success is that it adheres to global standards Secondly, the company has the best management and well versed employees. The firm has quality products and services. Their main services are property development, consultancy, letting, selling and managing of residential and commercial properties. Recently, the company introduced valuations of all kinds of properties, including hotels, businesses and industries

Hass Consult recently introduced an application that would help the home searchers to browse through a database of prospective homes and property on properties of their choice within Nairobi? This will be at the touch of a button on a mobile phone computer. Jenga Web Limited Managing Director Nathan Luesby pointed out that the new system will give quality firsthand information and make sure that property buyers have correct information on their fingertips. This will help them to make informed decisions. The app, My Hass Data, developed jointly with HassConsult, went live on November 14, 2013. Head of Marketing and Research-Hass Consult, Sakina Hassanali, said that every building in Nairobi, including all data on commercial, retail and non-retail properties, should appear on the app.

The other information that people will have easy access to is suburb, street, size of the property, type as well as rate of sales and vacancies available.  The locations of the main office are on First Floor ABC Place Waiyaki Way, Westlands, Nairobi if one is taking a persona; car or taxi. For public transport one can take a Westland’s bus at Odeon in the city Centre. The contact details are Telephone: (254 020) 4446914 Fax: (254 020) 4447200 Mobile Phone Number: 0722 204765 / 0733 629786 P.O. Box 14090 – 00800 Nairobi, Kenya. This is a great real estate company for people looking for property or property related services.

 

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Most Insecure Slums of Nairobi

 

The city of Nairobi is continually facing the hardship problem by having high levels of insecurity. It has come to the realization that crime is growing at high levels more especially in the slum regions of the city. The government is trying all ways possible to reduce crime but the efforts are not bearing much fruits.

EASTLEIGH

The place has for a longtime been known for the occurrence of frequent bomb lasts. Many places have been characterized by crime scenarios with a number of many young youths trying to exploit innocent Kenyans of their money by pick pocketing. Security in the area has been quite affected by a number of factors including the presence of the increased number of Somalis that most believe to be members of the alshabab.

KITENGELA

The place has been characterized by frequent disputes relating to land. Most people in the area continually argue over land making it unsecure of any one to seek accommodation as they can be affected by the fighting that is ongoing in the place. A good example of the above will be the case in which the famous Maina Njenga was shot and his health affected. It is therefore important that one focuses on the security of the place before renting and deciding to stay at the place. Many people are moving away from the place.

GITHURAI

The place has been oflate experiencing a lot of insecurity problems. Majority of residents have continually complained about the levels of security. A bomb exploded at the place that killed some people and left several others injured and others left with serious injuries.

KIBERA

The current social relationship in the country is bringing a lot of differences in the opinion of citizens. The residents can throw a lot of stones as it has been observed in the way they conduct themselves when the famous club  gor mahia playing.Many residents were injured along the process.

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Residential Housing Along Jogoo Road Nairobi

With the ever rising population in Nairobi City, proper housing is becoming more elusive by the day. More shanties and ramshackles are coming up in Nairobi and sprawling further over time. Kibera slum in Nairobi, the largest urban slum in Africa, houses over 170,000 people according to the 2009 Kenyan Population Census. However, the numbers go as high as 500,000 people depending on which Nairobi slums are included when defining Kibera slum in Kenya. All these Nairobi residents in Kibera slum are confined in a rather small area, and as such have little or no access to basic services such as water and electricity in Kenya.

The situation along Jogoo Road in Nairobi is a tad different from that in Kibera slum in Kenya. The Jogoo Road houses are more spaced and spacious. There are at least four estates in Nairobi found along Jogoo Road. The area around city stadium in Nairobi also has some housing facilities. The area around City Stadium along Jogoo Road in Nairobi is rather squeezed, and most of the houses are single rooms with communal toilets and bathrooms. The Nairobi housing is rather affordable and more so for those living on a very tight budget in this section of Nairobi. Having a rental house around City Stadium in Nairobi is also convenient for the casual labourers working in the Industrial Area of Nairobi.

Bahati estate and Shauri Moyo estate, slightly off Jogoo road in Nairobi also have housing units. The housing in Bahati and Shauri Moyo estates is slightly more costly than those in found around City Stadium in Nairobi though, you can find single rooms and bedsitters. Bed sitters in Kenya refer to a housing unit with one room, a toilet and bathroom and a small kitchen area. Bedsitters in Nairobi go for roughly KSH 5, 000 on the lower side. However, you can get single rooms in Nairobi for KSH 3,000 or thereabout.

Kimathi Estate in Nairobi also has some middle class residential units along Jogoo Road. The houses in Kimathi Estate go for KSH 20,000 roughly for a three bedroomed house with its own compound. The Nairobi residents here have access to facilities such as running water, electricity and also street lighting. Kimathi Estate is off Jogoo Road in Nairobi and neighbours Bahati Estate.

There some city council houses in Nairobi also located along Jogoo Road. City council houses in Kenya are usually very affordable, but they have high demands as everyone in Nairobi is looking for affordable housing. Single bedroomed City Council houses in Nairobi go for as little as KSH 3,000 as compared to the normal charge of KSH 8,000 for single bedrooms elsewhere in Nairobi.

Easton apartments neighbouring the Makadara train station in Nairobi are a block of housing units. You are guaranteed to get single bedrooms and also two bedroomed houses in Easton Apartments in Nairobi. The rent in Easton Apartments ranges between KSH 8,000 and KSH 17,000 depending on whether you settle for a single or a double bedroomed house.

Maringo estate in Nairobi along Jogoo road too also offers housing facilities. Maringo Estate, which is located along and slightly off Jogoo road, has a characteristic building design. There are a few flats coming up in the area in Maringo Estate. Maringo estate in Nairobi goes on to join with Hanza estate in the bigger Makadara area of Nairobi. For the middle class residents in Nairobi estates like Buruburu Estate and Dohnholm Estate along Jogoo Road are there for you.

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Safe Hostels in JomoKenyatta University

The growing trend in the number of insecurity cases is disrupting the peace of many Kenyans making it hard for them to carry out their daily activities in a more comfortable and peaceful manner.Specialissts and experts have shown that insecurity can be eliminated if only one will look for houses that are built and well maintaned by having stable security and good light system.In JomoKenyatta university,the following hostels are the most secred for students that wish to find comfortabe reading environments.

Rising Cork

The hostel is safe with a stable gate and good security.Identity and proper checking of incoming facilities makes one feel that the place is generally free from criminal activities and that can be very peaceful.Theplace is clean with plenty supply of water.The people in the area are very interactive and any neighbour that may experience hardships cannot be isolated from the rest of the community.They stay in a brotherly union with one another.

Varsity View

The hostel has a free wifii that makes it essential for students to browse the internet at the comfor of their rooms making it elimainate any scenarious in which stduents are hijacked at the middle of the nyt and harrassed by unkown people.The rooms are big and clean providing one with alot of comfort to study and interact with others.

Straight Security Hostels

As the name sounds,the hostels are good and pocket friendly more especially to parents that can not afford to pay the high rental fees.A national identy card or student card is needed for one to be verifeid to enter a particular room they are in need of.The students that become fast to pay rent are rewarded with the owner by being taken for an overnight dinner.Payment of rent is also not very strict provided one gives acceptable reasons.Deposit s refudned upon one finishing their stay at the place.

Prime Ways

One of the best hostels in around juja,they are good enough more especially for people that love sharing rooms and staying together.They ahve good and big rooms that can accomodate various assets that students need nad a good baslcon for one to view and find fresh airfrom the outside ecosystem.

Pink House

It is one of the cleanest places in juja.Pink house is very spacious and the rooms are clean.Adequate supply of water and electricty provides one with a stable environment to work with and achieve their desired type of peace.Furtrhermore,the place requires one to dentfy themselves by providing a reliable national identity card for security reasons.Their rental price is fair when rooms are shared.

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Hindrances To Faster Industrialization In Kenya

Kenya is one of the best developed nations in eastern Africa.One of the factors that promote the fast growth of countries in the world is industrialization.Kenya being one of the countries that do well is however facing many challenges when it comes to the growth of industries.The following are some of the major hindrances to growth of local industries.

Lack of labour

Majority of the youth that are learned are venturing into white colar jobs leaving no room for the industrial sector to have adequate supply of labor.It is important that labor be supplied in plenty for the project to grow and see that many industtries are growing and providing more employment opportunities to kenyans.

Lack of enough capital

Most sectors of economy in the country have poor sources of funds making it hard for them to get ways of expanding.It is good for them to get the issue to the government to get better ways of ensuring that there is enough money to expand the industrial sectors.

Over reliance on foreign help

Kenya faces the major challenge of relying on other developed countries that are well developed.It is good for them to learn of bettr ways of handling challenges to avoid depednding on foreign countries that later exploit kenya by taking away the best raw materials to their countries.

Pollution

The smoke emiitedfrom the industries is becoming a major challenge as it is spreading and affecting other sectors of economy that do well a good example being the agriculture sector where emitted chemicals often destroy the produce that is planted by farmers.

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Kenya Top Five Real Estate Agents In Kenya

There are many Real estate agents in Kenya, but some just stand tall than the others. The above is a list of the five best Real estate agents and their locations in Kenya.

Knight Frank 

it’s located in Westland’s and deals with the higher end of residential and commercially property in Kenya. It’s internationally renowned property Management Company and have branches in major towns all over the country and in total manage over 4000 residential units and over 1,500,000 square feet of commercial property. To contact them one can call +254 444 216/7/8 or visit their website www.knightfrank.com for more details.

Karengata property managers

it’s located in Karen in the same compound as the Karen Riding School in Karen. Managers are a small company so you are assured a personal touch together with the local knowledge. To contact them one can call +254(0)733 613 744 or visit their website www.karengataproperty.com for further information.

Propertunit.com

It’s located in Westland and most popular busy property website that serves the whole Kenya. It offers hundreds of property listings ranging from apartments, land for sale etc. one can call +254(0)722 768797 or visit their www.propertunit.com website for more details.

VIillacare

this large, thriving estate agents office is always full to bursting with bright enthusiastic staff, who will be keen to show you around the properties and real estate on their books. Its headquarters is located in Westland. To contact one can call +254 0204447777 or visit their website www.villcare.com for more information.

Property Leo – its Kenya‘s largest property website with over 1000 properties currently been listed. The site has contacts for several leading Kenyan real estate agent and it provides the property feed for other local websites dealing with information about Kenya. To contact one can call +254(0)725 797 264 or visit their website www.propertyleo.com for more information.

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Problems Affecting the City of Nairobi

Insecurity

The problem of insecurity has continued to be a major and big issue affecting the people of Nairobi area. It has now been a longtime since various efforts in establishing stable security in the city have continually failed to excel. Nairobi has a lot of unemployed youth some of which venture into crime as a way of getting their daily basic needs and money to survive.

Overpopulation

The city has the largest number of people when it comes to urbanization in the country. Many families in Nairobi are desperately sharing a single room that serves all the basic functions of a self contained house. Overpopulation is continuing day by day and the government has gone ahead to look for ways of ensuring that the practice comes to an end soon.

Poor Sanitation

The city of Nairobi mostly the slums are affected by high rates of poor sanitation. Many families are living in dirty environments filled with litter and polythene materials. Nairobi continues to experience a lot of sanitation problems as observed in the area of medicine in which high cases of typhoid are reported and continue to affect majority of residents.

Poor Housing

Majority of houses in the slum areas of the city are poorly constructed with others being made by polythene material. It has come to the attention of many investors that a lot of families are hugely affected during the rainy season in which heavy downpour can make them lose a lot of property as water sweeps away all the assets found in the house.

Traffic congestion

Some residents in Nairobi own personal cars and travelling along the city has been another major challenge. It has come to the realization that most people prefer leaving their cars home as the roads are highly flooded causing jams that make people delay for their daily occupations. The problem is being addressed by the city council offices and it will soon be dealt with.

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National Housing Corporation In Nairobi: Providing Affordable Housing Mortgages In Kenya

With the rapid population growth in Kenya, the need of decent affordable housing is on the rise. A study done shows that at least 80% of people living in Nairobi city in Kenya are affected by unemployment, school fees problems, the ever rising cost of living and housing problems in Nairobi. National Housing Corporation (NHC) in Kenya was established in 1953 by the Act of parliament as a statutory body. National Housing Corporation (NHC) in Kenya main mandate is to build decent affordable houses to Kenyans hence reducing the housing problem in Kenya and thus stimulate the real estate industry in Kenya.

Mortgage products varieties available through National Housing Corporation in Kenya

National Housing Corporation in Kenya has for the last 60 years offered thousands of Kenyans opportunities to realize their dream of owning a home stress free though offering mortgages in Kenya. National housing corporation in Kenya is continuously providing a feasible solution to the housing problem in Kenya. National Housing Corporation in Kenya provides various mortgage products to Kenyans that include; owner occupier, tenant purchase that is mainly done a few months after the ground breaking process of building the house or rental schemes at Nairobi upstate community of Woodley flats. Plot purchase mortgage product provided by National Housing Corporation in Kenya that enables Kenyans to get legally purchase land at affordable pricing. Construction mortgage product in Kenya provided by National Housing Corporation in Kenya, deals mainly with financing a project through National corporation developer in Kenya. Investment mortgage product via National Housing Corporation in Kenya that mainly deals with residential direct sales of houses to Kenyans and the examples are the Kileleshwa residential houses, Nairobi West residential houses and Madaraka residential houses. Rural Peri urban housing loan service in Kenya provided by National Housing Corporation in Kenya that encourages development of expansion of businesses and housing facilities in rural areas in Kenya at a subsidized cost.

Qualification requirements for National Housing Corporation scheme in Kenya 

Eligible candidates for National housing corporation scheme in Kenya should be above 18 years but not above 70 years old. The person eligible for National Housing Corporation scheme in Kenya should be of Kenyan citizenship with a seasonal consistent income. With their objective of building at least 150, 000 units a year, National Housing Corporation in Kenya currently lends loans in Kenya at an interest rate of 13% p.a in order to attract more Kenyans to their financing products and services thus literally turning dreams into homes.

Location of National Housing Corporation offices in Kenya

For more enquiries about mortgage loans with National Housing Corporation in Kenya, you can visit the National Housing Corporation offices at National Housing Corporation House in Nairobi located along the Aga Khan Walk. National Housing Corporation offices in Nairobi is opposite Cooperative Bank House in Nairobi. You can also contact the National Housing Corporation thorough their website at www.housing.co.ke. NHC in Nairobi can also be contacted through the National Housing Corporation official email address at [email protected] or call National Housing Corporation offices in Nairobi through their cell number; 0722 201 174 or 0722 201 175

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