{"id":110717,"date":"2024-01-11T20:52:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T20:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/house-is-private-good-shouldnt-be-given-by-state-babu-owino"},"modified":"2024-01-11T21:46:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:46:52","slug":"house-is-private-good-shouldnt-be-given-by-state-babu-owino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/house-is-private-good-shouldnt-be-given-by-state-babu-owino","title":{"rendered":"House is private good, shouldn’t be given by State \u2013 Babu Owino"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has opined that the government should not provide Kenyans with houses under the Affordable Housing Program as it is a private good.<\/p>\n

The legislator spoke on Thursday in a phone interview with K24.<\/p>\n

“A house is a private good, it should never be provided by the government, the government should create an enabling environment for Kenyans to construct their own houses,” he said.<\/p>\n

Owino said the Affordable Housing units are after all too expensive for a mama mboga and boda boda to afford.<\/p>\n

“We were told that we have Affordable Housing, how is a house affordable for Mama Mboga who should raise Sh300,000 as a deposit to own a house?” Owino posed.<\/p>\n

“Is it possible for this mama mboga to raise Sh20,000 monthly when there are children that she is supposed to take to school, pay rent and buy food?”<\/p>\n

Owino said the government should instead focus on providing an enabling economy that will provide jobs for Kenyans to get money which they can use to construct their own houses.<\/p>\n

This comes after the government on Tuesday called on Kenyans to purchase ready units of the Affordable Housing Project in Nakuru.<\/p>\n

Construction of the project commenced on May 27, 2021, with a Sh2 billion funding by King Sapphire Developers, a subsidiary of Royal Group Industries that focuses on real estate developments.<\/p>\n

“Interested public is hereby invited to purchase ready units at the affordable housing project in Bondeni, Nakuru,” reads the notice by the Ministry of Lands, Public Works and Urban Development.<\/p>\n

The project includes 605 units where 45 are one-bedroom, 180 two-bedroom and 380 units three-bedroom.<\/p>\n

Two bedrooms (64 sqm) are being sold at Sh3.1 million while Three bedrooms (85 sqm) at Sh4.2 million.<\/p>\n

However, the government stated that the buyers will be required to pay a 10 percent deposit upfront to qualify.<\/p>\n

“Qualified purchasers will be offered rent-to-own home loans at a monthly rate of two bedroom unit at Sh16,997 and three bedroom at Sh22,933,” the notice reads.<\/p>\n

This means that one will need to deposit Sh315,000 or Sh425,000, then pay Sh16,997 or Sh22,933 per month.<\/p>\n

The announcement by the government caused an uproar among Kenyans on social media as they felt the prices for the housing units were too expensive for the common mwananchi.<\/p>\n

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