Housing levy to end pain of people living in slums, Ruto says

President William Ruto speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, on June 7, 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

President William Ruto, who adopted a reconciliatory yet cautionary tone with the opposition, used the National Prayer Breakfast to defend the housing levy fund.

Although the nation was supposed to reconcile itself and give a chance for forgiveness, guided by this year's theme, "Reconciliation with God and Men", the President told off those opposed to the three per cent housing levy.