Earlier this week, yesterday, to be precise, I landed on a vision 2030 blueprint, which was launched back in 2008 by the Late Kibaki. In the Vision 2030 blueprint, the mission was to have affordable housing across the country constructed by successive governments to bridge the gap between the need for houses and the influx of Kenyans from villages to major cities and towns across the country.
Going through the 2030 blueprint, one can see that affordable housing is on top of the list of the projects that successive governments MUST make a priority and this was informed by the movement of Kenyans to major cities and towns looking for job opportunities. HE Uhuru did his bit to keep the Late Kibaki vision alive and I’m also happy to see President Ruto proceeding with the same.
Affordable housing isn’t new to me, in fact, I covered three projects during the last regime, namely Nakuru Bondeni Affordable Housing, Rongai Affordable Housing and Parklands Affordable Housing. The provision of houses for the citizenry has been left to the private sector only for a long time and this hasn’t been able to cure the problem of housing, especially in the informal sectors. This called for the government to act and offer the needed input in bridging the gap between decent and affordable housing and the population.
I’m also happy to see the projects coming up across the country. Kibaki’s vision is alive. Next, I will explore how one can get a house in the affordable housing projects that are being undertaken across the country.
