“Shida ya Kenya ni viongozi ambao hawawezi kusema ukweli, wanaogopa kusema ukweli na hawataki kusema ukweli.”President William Ruto has said that the biggest problem with Kenya is that leaders are always afraid of telling the truth.
Speaking ahead of the handing over ceremony of over 1,000 affordable houses in Mukuru, Nairobi county, Ruto said these leaders will never tell the truth because they do not want to.
He went on to say that this habit is what has derailed the country’s development over the years.
The President cited the affordable housing project as one of the things that require bold leaders who can make difficult decisions for the best of the country.
He stated that the construction of affordable housing projects is not an easy process, but eventually, they transform people’s lives and the country.
“Shida ya Kenya ni wale viongozi ambao hawawezi kusema ukweli, wanaogopa kusema ukweli, hawataki kusema ukweli kwa sababu kufanya mjengo kama huu si kazi rahisi (The problem in Kenya is those leaders who cannot tell the truth, are afraid to tell the truth, do not want to tell the truth because construction of a building like this is not an easy task). It requires a difficult decision to be made, and we have not had leaders with the courage to make difficult decisions that will lead to the transformation of our country,” Ruto said.The President was referring to instances where the state had to dig deeper into the pockets of Kenyans to fund the affordable and social housing project.
Kenyans have at least 1.5 per cent of their salaries deducted as a housing levy, with their employers matching with a similar amount.
The decision did not sit well with many Kenyans, but the President insists that bolder and difficult decisions needed to be made to achieve the project.
It is aimed and removing Kenyans who dwell in the slums to have decent houses.
The handing over of Mukuru Kwa Njenga houses marks a major milestone under the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), with Mukuru now home to the country’s largest affordable housing project.Spanning 56 acres and comprising 13,248 housing units, the Mukuru project features a mix of bedsitters (5,616 units across 26 blocks), one-bedrooms (3,024 units in 14 blocks) and two-bedrooms (4,608 units across 48 blocks).
These homes are designed to cater to various income levels, which are social housing for those earning Sh20,000 and below, affordable housing for those earning up to Sh149,000 and upper-middle-income units for higher earners. write a 350 word article regarding this
