… 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 …
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 …
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. …
… 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. …
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. …
… 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 …
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. …
… bscribe to our newsletter“We are hopeful that we will get the units through TPS, and we urge the Affordable Housing Board to help make this dream a reality,” said the tenants' deputy secretary general, John Tsuma.They also thanked the MP, Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga …
… Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga, who appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts Committee, said the number of projects with title deeds has since improved, albeit marginally since the audit. …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.