Macharia Kamau
Public Works PS Maj Gen (Rtd) Dr. Gordon
Kihalangwa (left) receives certificate of completion of Park-road
Housing project houses from Housing Secretary Charles Hinga (centre) as
the contractor, China State Construction Kenya, Nuang Tao (right) looks
on after completion of phase one in Park-road, Ngara. On January 16,
2020 [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]
Civil servants evicted from Park Road Estate in Ngara, Nairobi, to pave
way for construction of affordable houses will be prioritised when the
government starts selling the new units.
The Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Housing has said it will
soon start selling some of the
1,370 units it is putting up under the
Big Four Agenda.
The Chinese contractor last month handed over to the ministry the first
batch of 228 units, with the remaining houses expected to be completed
by the end of this year.
In a statement yesterday, the ministry said it will advertise the houses for sale.
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“Civil
servants who were occupying the Park Road Estate and were given notices
to vacate to allow for the construction of the on-going Affordable
Homes Project will be given the first priority to purchase the
constructed units,” said the Housing ministry.
“They are therefore required to avail the necessary documents as
evidence that they were occupying the vacated homes to the Civil
Servants Housing Scheme Fund secretariat.”
Other Kenyans who wish to buy the houses will need to express their
interest on the Boma Yangu portal, which the ministry says has already
received 270,000 applications. Allocations will be done through
balloting.
Buyers need to have saved 12.5 per cent of the selling price
before getting a mortgage to offset the balance at nine per cent
interest for up to 25 years.
The government targets 500,000 housing units by 2022, with the bulk of
the units expected to be built by the private sector. The State will
play an enabling role, including putting up utility infrastructure such
as sewerage, electricity and water.
Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga said during the handover in
January that the target would be surpassed since over Sh1 trillion has
been committed by investors.
Among the investors is the United Nations Office for Project Services,
which has committed Sh500 billion to develop 100,000 units in Athi
River.
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