Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has alleged that senior officials at State House are doing business in the Affordable Housing Programme initiated by President William Ruto.
Speaking in Nairobi during the opening of the DAP-K party headquarters on Monday, January 27, Gachagua claimed that the allies of the President were the ones supplying construction materials for the projects.
The former DP stated that the programme was coined to benefit those close to the president, describing it as the worst fraud.
He added that contractors were being forced to purchase the construction materials from specific companies which have ties with the officials.
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"If you look at the Affordable Housing Programme, it is the worst fraud against the people of Kenya and it is good that I tell the country," the former DP claimed.
"It has nothing to do with housing. It is business. If you want to build a house, you must go and sign a contract with companies that will sell the cement, steel and iron sheets and people behind those companies are at State House."
Therefore, he asserted that should a new government be elected in 2027, the programme needed to shut down.
"This housing levy is to ensure that the projects are going on so that they can be able to sell the items. Once a new government is sworn in, that housing levy will have to be abolished," he said.
The Affordable Housing Programme in the Kenya Kwanza administration was introduced after the introduction of the Housing Levy.
Both salaried Kenyans and those in the informal sector are required to contribute 1.5 per cent of their monthly incomes to the projects.
