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Housing fund levy: A red herring or remedy for shelter shortage?

Lands CS Zach Njeru with Principal Secretary Charles Hinga when they appeared before the Senate committee on Roads, Transport and Housing in Naivasha. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

No proposal in President William Ruto's first Finance Bill has elicited as much debate and raised as many objections as the three per cent Housing Fund levy.

The levy is being fronted as a route to helping Kenyans acquire homes through the Affordable Housing Programme (AHP).

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