Uhuru’s low-cost housing: Rude shock for workers, employers

An aerial view of a housing project in China. Kenya hope to have such houses in urban areas. [Courtesy]

Employers who will not register with the Government or refuse to make contributions to President Uhuru Kenyatta's dream low-cost housing scheme will be sent to jail for two years.

Under new guidelines published by the Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary James Macharia, all employers with one or more contracted workers will be required to register with the housing fund as contributing employers and to register their employees as members.