The controversial house Levy gets, even more, contradicting as it will see Kenyans earn the houses through the raffle method.
It has been revealed by the Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga that a lottery system will be used in the allocation of houses.
Speaking on Tuesday night on Citizen TV’s NewsNight show, Hinga said the move is aimed at ensuring transparency in the proposed Affordable Housing Scheme under the Big 4 Agenda,
“…you need to register, start contributing and then there are different criteria such as household [income], health condition, the categories you would be put under; for instance, if you are in the social housing category, you can’t get a house outside the social housing bracket.
“Social housing people would be taken to one place and balloted. This is a lottery that is being talked about. You know why? Because we are trying to make sure that there is transparency, ” the PS said.
He said the government intends to build 500,000 houses by 2022 when President Uhuru Kenyatta’s tenure will come to an end.