Mukuru residence remain discontented after meeting affordable housing CEO over housing crisis

A section of Mukuru residents claiming to have paid for Affordable Housing Programme units address the Press in Nairobi on August 27, 2026.

Residents of Mukuru are still calling on the government to sort the issues that are arising regarding the affordable and social houses.

The residents had a meeting with affordable housing CEO that left some residents discontented despite his explanation.

This comes days after the residence who had received sold out messages demanded answers on how they had paid deposits for social houses yet they were told they to take alternative social houses or affordable houses which according to them are more expensive.

Joe Mutugu the CEO affordable housing board apologized on the residence for failing to turn up during the intended last week meeting citing other official duties.

Mutugu said that there were more applications to social houses than the available social houses units.

“Here in Mukuru in the social houses we got 21,000 applications but the houses we said were for social are 6,000 therefore 15000 people wanted these houses but did not get it, that is why we are here today. From the 15000 that did not get these houses there were people that were enumerated, before we constructed the houses we went to the ground and registered those who had houses there and promised them that they will be given houses in the new Mukuru estate,” said Mutugu.

“Those who were enumerated and did not get the houses are 164 and we have agreed with the board that those 164 will be given the houses from the affordable houses that will be reclassified to social houses,” he added.

The CEO added that are 300 genuine residents of Mukuru will also benefit from reclassification of affordable housing to social housing.

He encouraged the residence who were failed to get houses in Mukuru to get alternative social houses that he cited were many.

“There are many people who have applied but if these houses are filled why don’t you look at the similar houses in other places,” asked the CEO.

The meeting turned chaotic when the residents questioned why they were paying for the houses then later being told that the houses are sold out raising concerns on how they will identify the genuine residents that would benefit from the reclassified 164 and the 300 affordable houses to social houses.

Justus Yego appealed to the government to prioritize those who were the first people and had been paying for the houses rather than those coming with late with full amount citing it unfair while alleging corruption in Boma Yangu.

"Because a rich person has come along with money, deposited the entire amount and taken the house, they are displacing the person who has been in the queue for a long time paying slowly and has paid entire deposit. I want to tell Mr. President that corruption has entered the Boma Yangu office and they are oppressing the low-income people,” said Justus.

The residents insist that they were given offer letters and all they were told in the meeting were sideshows. They expressed their frustration on wasting their time to come to this meeting without some of them getting answers on why they were allowed to pay on sold out houses and the long wait to get into the houses.

"I am very shocked, Mr. President. Since December when you gave us the houses and we were handed those big ceremonial keys and took photos so the government could see that we poor people were being given houses. What happened from December to now? It seems that we are joking with people for optics. I wonder how long we will be taken in circles," said Peter a resident.