Nakuru County governor Kinuthia Mbugua has vowed to eradicate Slums and improve housing standards for Nakuru residents by the end of the next financial year.
Speaking at the County Headquarters when he met official from the Kenya Informal Sector Implementation Project (KISIP) on Tuesday, Mbugua said that the county government is working with the Swedish government to improve housing.
Governor Mbugua said that it is a constitutional right for residents to have good housing structures.
“My government has sought help from other countries and investors across the continent for partnership in eradication of Slums in Nakuru County,” said Governor Mbugua.
He observed that Slums have been mushrooming in some parts of the county hence the need to eradicate them and attributing eruption of those Slums to increasing population and rural-urban migration.
The Governor said that the pilot project of eradicating Slums and building proper housing structures will start in Naivasha, Molo and Njoro before being extended to other sub-counties.
Mbugua also said that the county government will set aside adequate funds to facilitate proper housing.
He urged more investors to partner with the county government to improve the living standards of the people by building proper housing.