Kibera, one of Africa’s largest slums, will be completely redeveloped into an estate in the next ten years, according to President William Ruto.
This he stated during a church service in Lang’ata on Sunday, where he affirmed that the transformation will be accomplished through the government’s ambitious Affordable Housing Project, which aims to provide decent housing to Kenyans living in informal settlements.
“We also want to remove people from slums. Especially here in Kibera. In ten years there will be no slum here, we will have transformed it into an estate.”
He also stated that the megaproject will significantly contribute to the employment of many young people in the country.
This comes a week after he evaluated the progress of the 14,000-unit Mukuru Met Social Housing Project in Mukuru, Nairobi, which he claims will employ 4,000 local youths.
“That plan was introduced for two reasons. First it’s not about the houses but about the jobs. Our plan is that we will have constructed at least 200,000 houses to ensure that all young people in Nairobi have jobs,” Ruto said.
For the next five years, the Kenya Kwanza regime intends to build at least 250,000 houses per year. A project that will provide decent and affordable housing to over six million Kenyans.
Other areas where affordable housing construction has begun include Kibera’s Soweto B, Ruiru, Pangani, Starehe, Shauri Moyo, Homabay, and Mavoko.
