MPs want workers to pay more to fund Uhuru’s housing bid

Finance and National Planning Committee of the National Assembly Chairman Joseph Limo with vice chairman Waihenya Ndirangu at a recent event. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Members of Parliament have proposed that employed Kenyans be deducted 1.5 per cent of their salaries to help finance President Uhuru Kenyatta’s dream of building half a million houses.

If adopted, the employer’s contribution, which had been pegged at 0.5 per cent, will also increase to 1.5 per cent.