President William Ruto has said that in order for slum dwellers to have upgraded living conditions, sacrifices must be made. They made a sacrifice to liberate us, we need to make a sacrifice to liberate people from the slums," he said. "We need to liberate people living at the bottom of the pyramid." "We have integrated universal housing as a critical pillar of the national bottom-up economic transformation agenda," he said. The president made the statement in regards to the Affordable Housing programme levy, which he announced in May that it will be a mandatory contribution.

Source: The Star June 05, 2023 12:10 UTC