KENYA’S MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND HOUSING TO CONSTRUCT 8000 HOUSES

Construction of 8000 housing project set to commence next month by the ministry of transport and housing in Kenya.

The housing Project which will be set up on a 55-acre piece of land is expected to commence construction next month. The project is part of a larger plan to construct 1 million houses within the next five years that will be in line with building 200,000 units every year targeting the middle class.

Transport and Housing Cabinet Secretary, James Macharia; “Apart from the piece of land in Mavoko, we are considering other locations where the government owns land so that we can build there as well,”

According to him; ”We are also planning to set up 10,000 units to clear up slums in informal settlements as part of social housing mission.”

The social housing project is to be executed in the slums because it contains vast majority of slum dwellers who want to remain within those locations.

National Housing Corporation (NHC), which is a parastatal under the Ministry of Housing, will contribute 6,000 houses to the mega project with a target of reaching eight counties over the next three years.

Chairman of NHC, Francis Gitau Mungai; ”We are mindful of the fact that most Kenyans are yearning to access decent and affordable housing and that is why we have an agenda of constructing houses in the eight counties.”