Government to build 8,000 houses in a 55-acre piece of land in Mavoko

National Housing Corporation Nairobi West Houses. PHOTO: WILBERFORCE OKWIRI

NAIROBI, KENYA: The government has announced plans to build 8,000 houses in a 55-acre piece of land in Mavoko.

While announcing the plan, which will kick off next month, Transport and Housing Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said the development will be a boost to the government’s plan - in partnership with the private sector - to building 1 million houses within the next five years.