Affordable Housing Programme,Affordable housing project Stories

Kenyans warned over unregistered real estate agents
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 28, 2025

The board emphasized that those who meet the legal requirements are issued a Registration Certificate and an Annual Practising Certificate, which must...

Over 130,000 housing units underway as state allocates Sh11 billion to Jua Kali artisans
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 27, 2025

The construction covers multiple housing categories, including 52,909 units under the Affordable Housing Programme (AHP), 56,753 social housing units,...

Ruto: They will get mad but I will keep building churches, just like the affordable houses
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 23, 2025

Despite huge criticism, Ruto remains resolute in his stance, arguing that building churches aligns with his vision for the country.

Kenya’s budget cuts hamper key development projects in health, housing and transport
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 20, 2025

From July to December 2024, the government allocated Sh320.6 billion for development projects but only spent Sh217.4 billion, resulting in a Sh103.2 b...

Ruto defends Shauri Moyo affordable housing amid opposition criticism, vows more development
Margaret Wanjiru  |  Mar 10, 2025

The President also highlighted the project's scale, proposing an increase in building height to accommodate more residents due to land scarcity.

Billions in housing levy funds remain idle amid slow project rollout
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 09, 2025

The Parliamentary Budget Office reveals that while the government aimed to deliver 200,000 housing units annually, it has achieved only 1.2 per cent o...

CS Wahome, PS Hinga grilled by senators over affordable housing programme, housing levy
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 05, 2025

Senators questioned why Kenyans were being taxed for houses they were not assured of owning.

Government fails to provide title deeds for Sh49.5 billion affordable housing sites
Lucy Mumbi  |  Mar 03, 2025

The report warns that without these records, it remains unclear whether proper land ownership structures are in place to facilitate the issuance of ti...

Treasury cuts Sh13.6 billion from affordable housing, slums upgrade in revised mini-budget
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 28, 2025

These cuts will impact ongoing affordable housing construction, slum upgrades and the establishment of social halls for public participation.

Haki Yetu condemns arrest of Lamu activist over criticism of Ruto's housing project
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 26, 2025

According to the group, Yunus was arrested on February 25 after he visited a police station seeking to know why the authorities were searching for him...

Government on the spot over low housing funds absorption amid construction levy deliberations
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 21, 2025

PS Hinga attributed the meagre 25 per cent absorption rate to delays in the disbursement of funds by the Affordable Housing Board.

CS Wahome: Housing levy contribution not guarantee to home ownership
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Feb 19, 2025

In March 2023, Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga had indicated that the housing levy is a form of saving, not a tax.

CS Wahome admits state may not build 1 million affordable housing units by 2027
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 06, 2025

CS Wahome cited a variety of factors including court cases and a lack of streamlined processes as the reasons for the delay.

Nullification of North Eastern 2019 census results proves state's ‘low population’ mischief
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jan 29, 2025

The leaders tabled the actual enumerated population numbers obtained from the enumerators to prove the 2019 census results published by the KNBS were...

Nearly half of Kenyans unaware of Affordable Housing Plan - report
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jan 24, 2025

While 53.5 per cent of Kenyans are aware of the AHP, a worrying 46.4 per cent are still in the dark about the programme.

Lamu, Mandera lead counties where tenants don’t pay rent - report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 21, 2025

The report reveals that more than 600,000 households are living rent-free, with the consent of their landlords. Specifically, 638,761 households natio...

Most residents of Wajir, Lamu and Isiolo unaware of state's affordable housing programme – KNBS report
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 19, 2025

The KNBS report shows that 46.4 per cent of Kenyans have no information about the initiative, with only 53.5 per cent being aware of it.

Funding delays slowing down affordable housing project despite Kenyans’ contributions  - CoB
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jan 01, 2025

A recent report by the Architectural Association of Kenya suggests that only 1,189 houses have been finished by the current administration.

Another title deed for Nairobi affordable housing project land missing
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 29, 2024

A report presented to the Nairobi City County Assembly by the Planning Committee in early December revealed that the title deed for the Pangani estate...

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