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Lessons for Kenya on affordable housing project

When President William Ruto launched an affordable housing project in Kisumu County. [PCS]

This past week I have been travelling — starting in Qatar, then Malaysia and now in Singapore by bus and later Thailand. I like moving by bus or train to really experience the country.

My curiosity was triggered by one thing: the sight of endless vertical homes — flats rising everywhere, with more being built. I couldn’t help but ask: Who builds these houses? How are they financed? How successful have they been? Was there public discontent, and why?

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