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Lamu Port - Investment opportunities
PKoli
#1 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:22:40 AM
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Pals with the development of the new port in Lamu, there could be a lot of investment opportunities in the area. The government is almost actualizing the Lamu port initiative. In addition there will be a tarmac road, grid connected electricity and the railway line link to Southern Sudan.

Does anyone envisage how Lamu will be in 10 years from now if all those things mentioned above were to be actualized? What are the current opportunities?
freiks
#2 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:52:07 AM
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Sometime back the district lands office was selling of land in the area at 150k per acre as long as you take 10 acres and above in anticipation of the port. Speculatively some guys bought but many gave this initiative a wide berth. A colleague of mine invited land valuers for the area and an acre was valued at less than 20k. Am sure the few acres we acquired in a few years will be gold mine.
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slykat
#3 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 2:26:21 AM
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freiks wrote:
Sometime back the district lands office was selling of land in the area at 150k per acre as long as you take 10 acres and above in anticipation of the port. Speculatively some guys bought but many gave this initiative a wide berth. A colleague of mine invited land valuers for the area and an acre was valued at less than 20k. Am sure the few acres we acquired in a few years will be gold mine.


U mean there are parts of Kenya where land is 20k or less an acre? Unbelievable... where and where?
kadonye
#4 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 7:51:26 AM
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On the real estate front, the gvt suspended transactions if my memory serves me right.@freiks, the valuation probably does not factor in future prospects for growth but a good valuer will note them in the report. @slykat, yes u can get land for 20 or even 10k.Kenya ni kubwa sana and real estate is highly heterogeneous
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Zakumi
#5 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:14:02 AM
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I was there in november last year and the land prices weren't any close to the 20k I'm hearing....i've remember land prices had skyrocketed from kshs.60k to 250k an acre due to speculation...the problem with the area is the community aspect,yaaani kuna wenyewe hata kama umenunua,tensions are still evident from the clashes that were experienced especially in mpeketoni.
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mnandii
#6 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 11:04:34 AM
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I do hope this project ACTUALLY takes off. The problem with our motherland is the politics. Reportedly some big people have acquired large chunks of land in hopes of compensation once the proj starts.
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shocks
#7 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:30:10 PM
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Kenya ni kubwa, I was in Narok and land there was going at btw 5k - 10k, and its not anywhere, its land that is near the maasai mara gate.
That area promises to return money handsomely.
freiks
#8 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 9:00:48 PM
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@Slykat...kwani wewe ni mzaliwa wa nairobi/kiambu. In my shags if you get someone selling an acre at more than 15k the whole village will say that the buyer probably came from kikuyu. A valuer will put the land at 20k but the seller will have other ideas thats why @Zakumi they were selling at 60k. But most of the land was not adjudicated thats why the district office was taking charge of selling off (Legally) not through back doors. @Kadonye the truth be told the process was stopped but already some guys had taken positions
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slykat
#9 Posted : Thursday, October 14, 2010 10:52:44 PM
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Bado amini.. my siz bought land in narok at 70k an acre... bado bado, eti what i pint in a polite outting is an acre! nani nauza even agricultural... kumbe i can live in a ka-ranch ...wapi offers?
Shiznit...
#10 Posted : Friday, October 15, 2010 4:30:37 AM
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u just have to look for value ...I recently bought big chunk of land in laikipia very near nanyuki actually opposite ol pajeta ranch at 50k per acre..i found a desperate seller n recently i refused an offer of 160k from some muindi who wanted to put some green houses..
this lands are there if u have an eye for a bargain and patience..happy hunting.
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