- On Thursday, March 13, President William Ruto visited Lang'ata and Kibra parliamentary constituencies in Nairobi County
- In Lang'ata, the head of state launched a cheap housing project, which he said would provide 15,000 homes to residents
- Ruto said his administration is committed
Nairobi – President William Ruto Once again he has promised to eliminate Kibra's slums.
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What William Ruto said about Kibra's Street
On Thursday, March 13, the President continued his visit to Nairobi County a few days after signing a political agreement with the ODM leader Raila Odinga.
Speaking in Lang'ata, Ruto said his administration would turn Kibra's slum into a field over the next decade.
The head of state indicated that in the next 10 to 15 years, Kibra would be a field of international status and access to water, electricity and toilets easily.
Ruto emphasized that his administration is committed to improving the living conditions of millions of Kenyans who are currently living in informal settlements.
“The way we see Kibra today as a poor neighborhood, we will change it in the next 10 or 15 years. If God wills, it will be a field where citizens live in a clean area with water, electricity and toilets,” Ruto said.
That union leader of Kenya first He suggested that his administration would build 15,000 cheap houses in Kibra, the largest pavilion in Africa.
According to the President, the program is also intended to provide jobs for young people in Lang'ata and Kibera parliamentary constituencies.
He said the contractor had been instructed to give the local youth prioritized.
“Today I came to launch cheap houses here in Lang'ata. We are building 15,000 houses, and they will be built by young people from Lang'ata,” he added.
The president called on the youth to support the government's plans, saying that many of them are for improving their well -being.
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Ruto accompanied several leaders including the governor of Nairobi Johnson Sakaja and Lang'ata MP Felix Oduor's famous Jalang'o.
How many houses do Kenya first want to build by 2028?
Earlier 2024, Ruto revealed that his first Kenyan administration aims to keep at least one million cheap houses by 2028.
The National Housing Corporation (NHC) aims to support the government's agenda of low -economic change (BETA) by providing 250,000 homes annually.
The president called on Kenyans to support his ambitious housing plan, saying that the government would provide affordable housing to ordinary Kenyans on a monthly tax less than KSh 3,000.
Following the signing of a controversial bill for a cheap housing as a law, he declared great success in the Kenyan government's efforts to address the problem of housing in the country.
The government started by ordering the construction of 40,000 units in Nairobi to provide homes to families that were evacuated from marginal farms.
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