Also known as: Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga
Charles Hinga — Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development, defending the Affordable Housing Programme against criticism and legal challenges.
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Capital News
… Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga said the market was designed to improve traders’ working conditions while providing facilities to support different business needs. …
Watamu ESP Market Fully Occupied as Over 200 Traders BenefitCapital News
… Principal Secretary for Housing Charles Hinga told the committee that the scale of the Affordable Housing Programme had exposed weaknesses in the capacity of local contractors and public procurement systems, but said the experience was providing lessons that would strengthen impl …
Parliament Presses Govt Over Stalled Affordable Housing ProjectsCitizen Digital
… Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga said on Thursday that Kenya currently has more than 280,000 housing units under construction, representing approximately KSh731.5 billion in contract value and supporting more than 640,000 direct and indirect job …
Kenya targets alternative financial data to build inclusive mortgage marketCapital News
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 22 – Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga has dismissed claims that Kenyans are abandoning the government’s Affordable Housing Programme by withdrawing billions of shillings from the Boma Yangu platform, insisting recent reports misinterpreted the program …
Housing PS says Sh2.56bn ‘withdrawals’ reflect home purchases, not exitsThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeDefence PS Patrick Mariru, Chief of Defence Forces Charles Kahariri, Housing PS Charles Hinga and KCB Bank Kenya MD Annastacia Kimtai during the launch of KDF Mortgage Scheme and MoU signing in Nairobi on July 16, 2026. …
New deal to give KDF home loansThe Standard
… Meanwhile, Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga said the establishment of the park reflects efforts to build cities that consider the needs of residents. …
Kisumu opens memorial park in honour of Baby PendoThe Standard
Audio By Vocalize Principal Secretary in charge of Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga has once again come to the defense of the Affordable Housing program saying that those opposed to it are bankrupt of ideas. …
Hinga Slams Opposition Talk of Scrapping Affordable Housing Program as NonsenseCitizen Digital
… PHOTO|COURTESY Audio By Vocalize National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has directed Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Alice Wahome and Principal Secretary Charles Hinga to appear before the House on July 2, 2026, to explain delays affec …
Speaker Wetang'ula summons Housing CS, PS over delayed Affordable Housing projectsThe Standard
… At the same time, the judge ordered Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome, Principal Secretary Charles Hinga, Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and local police commanders to appear before her personally on July 8 to explain why they should not be committed to civil jail f …
Court blow to national govt on marketsThe Standard
At the recent 13th World Urban Forum held in Baku, Azerbaijan, Principal Secretary of the State Department for Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga presented a compelling case for the government’s 1.5 per cent housing levy. …
UN's push to have governments regulate Africa's housing marketThe Watamu Economic Stimulus Programme Market in Kilifi County is now fully occupied with over 200 traders, who report improved working conditions, security, and access to modern facilities including stalls, ablution blocks, boreholes and waste disposal infrastructure developed under the government's market modernisation programme.
5 October 2026 · Capital News →
The Watamu Economic Stimulus Programme Market in Kilifi County is now fully occupied with over 200 traders, who report improved working conditions, security, and access to modern facilities including stalls, ablution blocks, boreholes and waste disposal infrastructure developed under the government's market modernisation programme.
5 October 2026 · Capital News →
Parliament's National Assembly Departmental Committee on Housing challenged the State Department for Housing and Urban Development over delays in the Government's Affordable Housing Programme, demanding detailed updates on stalled projects and timelines for completion. The State Department attributed delays to procurement challenges, limited contractor capacity, project management shortcomings, and transition to the electronic government procurement system.
29 August 2026 · Capital News →
Kenya is building an inclusive mortgage market by using alternative data—including mobile-money transactions, SACCO savings, rental payment histories, utility payments, and business transactions—to assess creditworthiness of borrowers lacking conventional payslips. The housing sector currently has over 280,000 units under construction worth approximately KSh731.5 billion, supporting more than 640,000 jobs.
20 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga says the Sh2.56 billion in withdrawals from the Boma Yangu platform largely reflects savings converted into deposits for allocated housing units, not abandonment of the Affordable Housing Programme. He clarified that Sh1.62 billion of the amount was applied toward purchases under the Park Road Affordable Housing Project.
22 July 2026 · Capital News →
Over 50,000 active military personnel have been enrolled in a Civil Servants Housing Mortgage Scheme through a partnership between KCB Bank Kenya and Kenya Defence Forces, offering mortgage financing at four per cent per annum over up to 20 years.
17 July 2026 · The Standard →
Kisumu has opened Baby Pendo Botanical Park on the grounds of the former Kachok dumpsite as a memorial to Baby Samantha Pendo, who died during the 2017 post-election protests after police reportedly stormed her family's home in Nyalenda informal settlement. The family says the park preserves her memory but their quest for justice and accountability remains unresolved.
10 July 2026 · The Standard →
Principal Secretary Charles Hinga rejected opposition claims that a future government would seize or demolish homes built under the Affordable Housing program, calling such talk nonsensical. Speaking in Kisumu, Hinga said he faces over 85 court cases related to the scheme and defended it as a constitutional right rather than a favor.
9 July 2026 · The Standard →
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula has directed the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development and Principal Secretary to appear before Parliament on July 2, 2026, to explain delays in affordable housing projects funded through the Housing Levy. MPs from various regions have raised concerns that several projects have slowed down or stalled despite continued collection of Housing Levy funds.
25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Environment and Land Court in Thika ruled that the national government cannot unilaterally take over market functions constitutionally assigned to counties, stopping attempts by national government agencies to control several markets in Kiambu County. The judge ordered senior government officials to appear in court to explain their actions and directed the immediate withdrawal of the contractor involved in the dispute.
19 June 2026 · The Standard →
At the 13th World Urban Forum in Baku, Kenya's Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Development presented the government's 1.5 per cent housing levy as necessary to regain control of the country's housing market, which had been left to the private sector since the early 1990s.
11 June 2026 · The Standard →
Former Buxton tenants met with EALA MP Suleiman Shahbal, chairman of GulfCap Real Estate, to pursue a lasting solution for the Buxton Point housing project through the Tenant Purchase Scheme. The tenants, who have spent six years seeking a solution since vacating the old estate, said they received their first clear assurances on how to acquire housing units.
11 May 2026 · The Standard →
The Auditor General's special audit report on affordable housing projects from 2022/2023 to April 2025 reveals that 269 out of 394 projects, or 68 percent, lacked verifiable ownership documentation, with some implemented on community or customary land while others are owned by county governments, creating future legal complications.
29 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →