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Why court stopped Ruto's Bungoma affordable housing project

President William Ruto, Speaker Moses Wetangula, Governor Kenneth Lusaka and Housing PS Charles Hinga at the Kanduyi housing project in Bungoma. [PCS]

President William Ruto's efforts to build affordable housing units in Bungoma have suffered a blow after the Environment and Land Court issued orders temporarily stopping the project over a disagreement with residents over its location.

A section of residents argues that the implementation of the project in the 36.95-acre airstrip is not only unlawful but is being done in open defiance of the court’s own earlier rulings.

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