Kenya is engaging the World Bank to unlock housing supply to amplify President William Ruto’s housing agenda and to help bridge the current annual deficit of 250,000 residential units. In a Monday meeting with the World Bank in Nairobi, the Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga said
Habitat for Humanity Africa is set to host the inaugural Africa Housing Forum that seeks to foster solutions that promote low-cost and affordable housing as a driver of economic growth in Africa. The forum is part of a global series of regional housing forums organised by
Over a million youth in the country have so far registered for the Kazi Mtaani programme, painting a clear picture of how vulnerable the Kenya youth are, searching for jobs. It is a high record number that has been registered in just eight days since the
The Kazi Mtaani website crashed Friday after the government rolled out the third phase of the programme which is set to benefit more than 200,000 youth in the country. State Department of Housing and Urban Development, Charles Hinga blamed the crashing of the portal on unprecedented traffic. The
President Uhuru Kenyatta has instructed the national treasury to allocate Ksh.10 billion for the Kazi Mtaani phase 3 initiative. The initiative is part of a 13-point stimulus package the President announced Wednesday to lift burdens on Kenyans caused by adverse effects of the coronavirus pandemic. It is
