William Ruto Promises Soon to Change the Face of Kibera into a Luxury Town in the City: “We Will Make Sure”

• President William Ruto is delighted his ambitious Affordable Housing Plan will transform informal settlements into farms of the future
• In Kibera township in Nairobi, construction is going on in phases; for example, Soweto East is set to have more than 4,000 units
• Ruto's government aims to install about one million affordable units by the end of the 2027-2028 financial year

Nairobi President— William Ruto he has referred to his government's determination to rid cities and the urban environment of informal settlements that have occupied low-income Kenyans for years.

He said that the plan is to give the citizens respectable and dignified places to live.

How many houses will Ruto build in Kibera?

In the Kibera area of ​​the city Nairobithe government intends to install around 40,000 units in phases by the end of 2025.

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“In Kibera, Nairobi County, inspected the ongoing construction of the Kibera Soweto East Affordable Housing Project with 4,054 units. Construction of the Phase II project of 15,000 units will begin before the end of the year, while Phase III, with 20,000, will start in January next year,” the president said.

The state is also speeding up the construction of 40,000 shelter units to house families displaced from the outskirts of the city where floods caused loss of life and property damage in May this year.

The Ruto administration intends to install at least one million units by 2028.

To help the government will be the National Housing Corporation (NHC) which expressed its determination to help the government provide 250,000 units per year under the Agenda for Economic Transformation (BETA).

KSh 3k units in Ruto's affordable housing scheme

Earlier this year, Ruto announced that the government would provide affordable housing to ordinary Kenyans for a monthly rent as low as KSh 3,000.

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The announcement came after the signing of the Affordable Housing Bill into law, marking an important step in the government's efforts to address housing challenges in the country.

During the signing of the bill in the White House United StatesRuto participated in a panel discussion with workers in the construction sector and reiterated his promise to ensure low-income people in Kenya own homes.

Recently, the government disputed claims that affordable housing was being oversold.

What Governor Ruto did not say about the unsold units

A local newspaper had a story that showed that the government is finding it difficult to sell the thousands of houses built so far.

The publication based the story on the findings of the Auditor General of Government Accounts, who found that houses worth more than KSh 1.2 billion had not yet been sold.

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But making things clear, the Speaker of the White House Hussein Mohamed He said the audit showed the real situation before Ruto took power.

He said that reports have shown that the takeover of these houses is interesting in recent days.

The speaker gave the example of the Park Road projects, Nairobi, of 1,370 houses which he said were mostly bought by the public.

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