Kenya: PS Hinga Asks MPs for Extra Ksh 150B to Fund Affordable Housing

The Principal Secretary of the State Department for Housing and Urban Development, Charles Hinga, has asked Parliament to approve an additional Ksh150 billion to bridge a major funding gap in the government’s affordable housing programme.

Speaking before the National Assembly Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works on May 13, he noted that the programme’s current funding levels are not enough to sustain the target of delivering thousands of housing units annually…