16,000 affordable units to ease housing deficit

President William Ruto (centre) during the inspection of an affordable housing project at Mukuru in Nairobi, October 3, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, standard]

Kakamega County is set to start the construction of 16,000 units through a public-private partnership to solve the housing problem.

Kakamega Land executive Peninah Mukabane said the county had already set aside 34 acres to construct 10,000 unit hostels which will be used for accommodation by students of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.