NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 30 – President William Ruto has put on notice encroachers of public land meant for the implementation of the affordable housing programmes.
The head of state who was speaking during the launch of Thika-Magumu roads in Kiambu County Saturday ordered the demolition of all illegal structures on the parcels of land allocated for the housing project failure to which the encroachers will face eviction at their cost.
“There are people who are making fake title deeds on government land here. They are planning to grab that land. Let those who are sitting on the land where we intend to have affordable housing vacate immediately,” said the president.
President Ruto has recently been launching affordable housing projects across the country in what he says is anchored on availing decent housing to Kenyans living in the informal settlements.
The President has already commissioned 17, 850 units in Mukuru, Rongai and Kibera to ease the housing burden affecting low-income earners.
The Programme targets the over 6.5 million Kenyans living in slums and informal settlements and is undertaken in partnership between the national and county governments.
More than 6.5 million Kenyans live in slums.
“The number of people who have a mortgage in Kenya is less than 40,000. We should have around 1.5 million people paying a mortgage to become homeowners. But the problem is that we do not have houses that ordinary people can buy. The houses that are being built are highly priced,” President Ruto had earlier stated.
The housing plan is aimed at expanding access to quality and secure dwelling places as well as presenting opportunities for gainful employment and wealth creation to millions of Kenyan youth.
By CapitalFM