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Land grabbing concerns tarnish Ruto's affordable housing project

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Bondeni Affordable Housing Project in Nakuru County. Right, President William Ruto. [File, Standard]

As President William Ruto's ambitious but controversial housing levy rages on, the affordable housing scheme has triggered a series of land ownership wrangles in some parts of the country.

In one instance, over 3,000 residents in Gikumari village in Ruiru have been entangled in a land ownership row with a private developer, who is thought to be a high-ranking official in the Kenya Kwanza government.

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