About nyumba-mcp
nyumba-mcp is an MCP server providing guides to housing topics in Kenya, including rentals, tenant rights, permits, affordable housing, and housing finance. It is for clients seeking Kenya-specific housing information through five tools.
Key features
- 01Rental market guidance
- 02Tenant rights information
- 03Building permit guidance
- 04Affordable housing program information
- 05Housing finance guidance
Use cases
- 01Checking Kenya rental-market guidance
- 02Looking up tenant rights information
- 03Exploring permits and affordable housing options
- 04Reviewing housing finance information
MCP support
Exposes five Kenya housing information tools to MCP clients, covering rental markets, tenant rights, building permits, affordable housing programs, and housing finance.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
5Saved tool list · updated 6d ago
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| county | string | Yes | |
| bedrooms | any | No | |
| area_type | any | No |
Details
From the project READMEnyumba-mcp
Install: pip install nyumba-mcp · Use with any MCP client.
MCP server for Kenya housing — rental market, tenant rights, building permits, affordable housing programs, and housing finance. 5 tools.
Part of the East Africa Coordination Stack
This MCP server is part of the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to africa-coord-bus —
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
pip install africa-coord-bus
All servers: pypi.org/user/gmahia Live demo: coord-cascade-demo
IP & Collaboration
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.
Part of the East Africa coordination stack
- Install & run:
pip install reli-cli && reli list— the MCP servers on the official MCP Registry underio.github.gabrielmahia - Evaluate any model on Swahili agent tasks: kipimo · dataset · leaderboard
- Coordinate across servers: africa-coord-bus — offline-first event bus with a built-in Kenya routing table
- Datasets: huggingface.co/gmahia · Docs hub: nairobi-stack
Model-agnostic by design: closed APIs, open-weight models, and small distilled models are all first-class citizens.
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