500,000 houses in five years: Where are the professionals?

A view of Ngong Road apartments and mansions, March 2017

When President Uhuru Kenyatta leaves office in 2022, some 500,000 Kenyans will have become new homeowners, courtesy of the Jubilee administration.

Under President Kenyatta’s legacy projects, fondly referred to us Big Four agenda, the government has committed to build 500,000 affordable houses in the next five years to alleviate housing shortage in the country.