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The government is set build 200,000 police houses in Nairobi and Kiambu slums from 2018.

Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary James Macharia has said this is part of the ambitious project to put up 500,000 houses for police officers in five years.

]In a statement, Macharia said the project will be given top priority due to a shortage.

The National Police Service has a housing need of more than 70,000 units and the Kenya Prisons Service 16,000.

First off will be 8,000 units in a pilot project at Mavoko, said Mr Macharia, and the redevelopment of 200,000 houses in slum areas, starting with Kibera, Marigu-ini and Nairobi’s Kiambiu slums.

“The government is committed to providing a home for each and every Kenyan in order to provide dignity to her citizens,” said Mr Macharia.