President William Ruto has said his administration will build at least 40,000 social housing units, to accommodate those displaced by floods in Nairobi.
Speaking in Kibra on Monday, when he went to inspect ongoing affordable housing projects, Ruto said the tender for this project will be awarded soon.
This he said will help accommodate people who were moved by authorities as a result of flooding.
The president noted that there are over 110,000 affordable housing units under construction across the country at the moment.
"Nyumba tunayo jenga kama hii ni 110,000 ambazo zinaendelea kila sehemu ya Kenya. Awamu ya Pili hapa Nairobi, Mahali tumetoa wananchi pale mahali kulikuwa na mafuriko hivi karibuni tunatangaza kandarasi ya nyumba 40,000 ya social housing ndio hawa watu walitoka kwa river tuwapatie makao kwa sababu tuliwapatia pesa ya kuhama," he said.
This loosely translates to, "There are 110,000 houses whose construction is ongoing in various parts of Kenya. In the second phase, here in Nairobi, where we evacuated people during floods. Very soon we will give a tender for the construction of 40,000 social housing units so that people who were moved from spaces near rivers during floods can get homes. We gave them money to move."
The floods hit the country in April and May and over 267 lives were lost.
According to the Interior Ministry, over 56,367 households were displaced as a result of the floods affecting approximately 281,835 people.
A total of 1,967 schools were affected by the floods while 62 health facilities in 11 counties were also affected.
The government would later order voluntary and mandatory evacuations.
It also directed removal structures along the Nairobi Rivers riparian spaces as well as other parts of the country.
