CS NJERU DEFEND HOUSING FUND DEDUCTIONS
The Mountain Journal
Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary
Zachariah Njeru has defended the proposed Housing Fund deductions,
saying no Kenyan will lose their money.
Njeru said the fund will create a long-term financing mechanism for housing
in the country so as to ensure every Kenyan including those in the bottom
of the pyramid have decent homes.
The minister asked Kenyans to support the deductions as they are meant
to help the majority of Kenyans to own homes.
The CS, who spoke in Kirinyaga during a visit to the Kerugoya affordable
housing project site said the government is committed to prudent
management of the fund.
He said Kenyans who lacked financial muscles have been shunned by
financial institutions and therefore have no chance of owning a home.
Njeru said that the housing projects will significantly increase employment
opportunities for Kenyans as they are expected to provide both skilled and
unskilled labor during the construction phases.
“We are requesting, in line with the President’s directive that when it comes
to labour, the contractor gets local people and uses local materials. We
also encourage local jua kali artisans to come up and provide as many
components as possible,” said the Cabinet Secretary.
The Cabinet Secretary said that the affordable housing project has 69
standardized components for uniformity and that so far 36000 units are
already under construction.
He said the Kenya Kwanza administration plans to construct one million units by
the end of its first term, with 200,000 units being constructed every year.
Kirinyaga Deputy Governor David Githanda said that the County
Government had identified more land across the county for the consecutive
phases of the affordable housing project.
Zachariah Njeru has defended the proposed Housing Fund deductions,
saying no Kenyan will lose their money.
Njeru said the fund will create a long-term financing mechanism for housing
in the country so as to ensure every Kenyan including those in the bottom
of the pyramid have decent homes.
The minister asked Kenyans to support the deductions as they are meant
to help the majority of Kenyans to own homes.
The CS, who spoke in Kirinyaga during a visit to the Kerugoya affordable
housing project site said the government is committed to prudent
management of the fund.
He said Kenyans who lacked financial muscles have been shunned by
financial institutions and therefore have no chance of owning a home.
Njeru said that the housing projects will significantly increase employment
opportunities for Kenyans as they are expected to provide both skilled and
unskilled labor during the construction phases.
“We are requesting, in line with the President’s directive that when it comes
to labour, the contractor gets local people and uses local materials. We
also encourage local jua kali artisans to come up and provide as many
components as possible,” said the Cabinet Secretary.
The Cabinet Secretary said that the affordable housing project has 69
standardized components for uniformity and that so far 36000 units are
already under construction.
He said the Kenya Kwanza administration plans to construct one million units by
the end of its first term, with 200,000 units being constructed every year.
Kirinyaga Deputy Governor David Githanda said that the County
Government had identified more land across the county for the consecutive
phases of the affordable housing project.
The county government projects to have at least 1,000 low-cost housing
units.
The first phase of the project in Kirinyaga will comprise 100 units after
which the second phase will commence.
Githanda said the county government was pleased to note that the
contractor had committed to complete the construction of the houses within
eight months and not one year as projected earlier.
He said Governor Anne Waiguru has committed to providing more land for
affordable houses at Sagana, Mwea, and Kianyaga.
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