Why State’s plan for affordable housing remains a pipe dream for many Kenyans

An aerial view of Imara Daima estate Nairobi, April 23, 2014. Influx of Nairobi population has grown over few years causing poor planning in housing. [Gilbert Otieno, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta identified four key pillars that would form the core of his economic agenda – food security, affordable housing, manufacturing and inexpensive healthcare.

But even as the Jubilee administration rolls out policies that would see these projects come to fruition by 2022, analysts are already poking holes into the promise that Kenya can deliver affordable housing to its citizens in the next five years.