Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has announced a partial victory in his legal challenge against the Southlands Affordable Housing Project in Lang'ata, Nairobi. The Environment & Land Court has certified his petition, directing Chief Justice Martha Koome to empanel a three-judge bench to hear the case.

• The petition, filed on July 30, challenges the project due to alleged legal and environmental violations, including insufficient public participation and lack of environmental impact assessments.
• The court declined to issue interim conservatory orders to halt construction, noting a previous ruling had also denied such a request.
• Omtatah's petition asserts the project is being built on land designated as a road and rail buffer zone and involves over 15,000 housing units in 17-storey residential blocks.