1,200 housing units done! Itumbi highlights Ruot's key successes
Says 12,000 Kenyans have secured jobs overseas in the last two months
by ROZANNE NTHAMBI
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Head of Prsidential Special Projects and Creative Economy, Dennis Itumbi/COURTESY
The Head of the Presidential Special Projects & Creative Economy Dennis Itumbi, has highlighted some of the milestones of the Kenya Kwanza government under the leadership of President William Ruto.
In a post on his Instagram page, Itumbi said significant strides have been made under the current administration in expanding affordable housing and employment opportunities for Kenyans.
Itumbi stated that since September 2024, morethan 1,200 affordable housing units have been successfully completed by the current government, marking a key achievement in the government's ongoing housing development agenda.
Headdedthat the government is makingsignificant progress, with 124,000unitsinvariousstages ofdevelopmentin the country. These formpart of theambitiousprogrammeofaddressingthehousing deficit the country has faced, with another840,000 housing units slatedfordevelopmentwithinthe next four years.
It also showcased that the ambitious projectpromises to create up to a million jobs, significantly increasing the country's economy andgivingmany Kenyansemploymentopportunities.
Besides housing developments, the government is working toincrease access to homeownership through an ambitious mortgage scheme.
Itumbisaid that the aim is to grow the number of mortgages in Kenya from 30,000 to one million, aimed atincreasing homeownership and making housing more accessible to a greaternumber of people.
Themortgage and housing expansion initiatives remaincoreintheagendaof theadministrationofPresident Rutoto address the housing crisis,jobcreation, andeconomicempowermentof Kenyans.
It iswith these projectsalreadywell underwaythatthe government isset to make meaningfulchanges in the living standards of many Kenyansforyearstocome.
President William Ruto unveiled the Kenya Kwanza Alliance manifesto, in which he elaborates on the policies that informed his much-touted bottom-up economic model.
The projects were said to have two components, social housing and affordable housing, to ensure all Kenyans benefit from the programme.
Affordable housing financing is said that it will give ordinary citizens the opportunity to become homeowners.
On job creation, Itumbi said, under the leadership of President Ruto, 200,000 jobs have been created under the housing programme and another 840,000 will be generated by micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in 2024.
Further on domestic jobs created by the government, Itumbi also says 107,000 community health promoters have been employed to support the Universal Health Care. He also says some 56,000 news teachers have been hired and another 20,000 will be hired in December 2024
Still on employment, Itumbi says that the government has enabled 243,0000 Kenyans to land jobs abroad since 2022, and 12,000 Kenyans have secured jobs overseas in the last two months.
Itumbi further says Kenya has so far managed to sign bilateral labour agreements with 22 countries, and plans are underway to connect 2 million Kenyans to global jobs.
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Head of Prsidential Special Projects and Creative Economy, Dennis Itumbi/COURTESY
