President William Ruto has abolished Kazi Mtaani program that was started at the height of Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 by the retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration.

Speaking in Kibera on Tuesday, October 25 where he launched 4054 affordable housing units, the President said the youth will instead be engaged in construction works in main urban centres across the country.

“These construction projects will employ 2,500 people per constituency. It is much better than the Kazi Mtaani which employed 500 people. The work of collecting garbage belongs to Governor Johnson Sakaja,” he said.

Ruto’s housing program

Low-income earners will now own a house in a new government plan that targets slum dwellers.

The housing units will allow monthly payments of as low as Sh2,400 for a one-bedroom apartment.

Under the tenant purchase scheme, the two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments will go for Sh4,600 and Sh6,500 a month, respectively.

It will attract a three per cent interest rate.

President Ruto said the shift in the delivery model for social housing will relieve ordinary Kenyans of the burden of owning a house.

“It also enables us to open up our economy and use housing to drive sustainable development,” the President noted.

The President added that such projects will hasten slum upgrading in the country.

“We want all Kenyans to live a dignified life,” he noted.