This archive report was first published on 29 October 2021.
Published on October 29, 2021, hundreds of housing projects initiated by former President Mwai Kibaki have stalled since 2014. The projects, worth Sh. 15.7 billion, were meant to provide housing for civil servants.
The housing units, comprising three sites of 170 blocks of Type C, 10 blocks of Type E, and 30 blocks of Type D, including servants' quarters, were abandoned by the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta just a year after taking office in 2013.
According to Housing Principal Secretary Solomon Kitungu, the projects stalled due to lack of funding. In the financial year 2014/15, Sh1.24 billion was allocated to the Stalled Buildings Program, with priority given to projects that were at least 90 percent complete.
Kitungu revealed that the project consultant, M/s Habitech, had estimated that it would cost Sh. 1,273,062,122 to complete the housing project. He proposed implementing the project in three phases, requiring Sh. 567 million to start works.
The Cabinet Secretary for Housing has asked that the whole stalled project programme be revisited with a view to complete them. Kitungu also suggested considering returning the stalled projects to their mother ministries, departments, or agencies so that they can find money to complete what they started.
