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Buxton protest shines the light on affordable housing projects

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It was proposed and marketed as a model affordable housing project, but Buxton Point in Mombasa has ended up a symbol of deceit, corruption, opaqueness and criminality.

What former residents knew two years ago is now public knowledge, thanks to the Senate Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing, which responded to a petition by the evicted residents in partnership with Haki Yetu organisation.

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