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Government should be more transparent on affordable housing project
Mukuru affordable housing project units in Nairobi on May 10, 2025.
What you need to know:
- Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu’s increasingly dictatorial style is a tactic to whip up patriotic zeal for her re-election.
- Plainclothes security personnel escorting VIPs, Douglas Kaumbuthu Aritho notes, have been seen falling off moving vehicles.
Housing levy • While the affordable housing programme is being funded by the monthly housing levies deducted from employees’ salaries and employers’ contributions, the completed units are being handed out to people who will be paying rent, notes Ruth Gituma. “Can the authorities explain who gets the rent? This raises questions about the transparency of this project.” Her contact is [email protected].
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Indiscipline • Some drivers recklessly change lanes or obstruct other motorists, especially at road roundabouts, says Churchill Amatha. To curb this behaviour, which inconveniences motorists who obey traffic rules, Churchill has a solution. Says he: “They should be detained briefly until we achieve 100 per cent traffic discipline at all the roundabouts.” His contact is [email protected].
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Power woes • A resident of Ndenderu in Kiambu County, Daphney Wanjiru, is appalled at the incompetence of Kenya Power technical staff. Says she: “Despite making several reports for over a week, nothing has been done to resolve power supply hitches. After empty promises, electricity keeps going off and when it’s back, it’s low voltage. Shame on you!” Her contact is [email protected].
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Dictatorial • Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu’s increasingly dictatorial style is a tactic to whip up patriotic zeal for her re-election, says Jim Webo. “She has always been a charming and motherly leader, who has often praised Kenyans’ business zeal and democracy. After she’s re-elected, I know that she will not allow a repeat of the recent deportations of Kenyan human rights activists.”
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Dangerous • Plainclothes security personnel escorting VIPs, Douglas Kaumbuthu Aritho notes, have been seen falling off moving vehicles after dangerously hanging onto them while performing their jobs. “This is a blatant contravention of traffic regulations and it sets a bad precedent. Why should traffic police take this lightly and yet they endanger lives?” His contact is [email protected].
Have punishable day, won’t you!