Ruto Says Affordable Housing Programme Supports 1.1 Million Jobs

President William Ruto said the Affordable Housing Programme now supports an estimated 1.1 million jobs, placing employment creation at the centre of his administration’s housing agenda as he toured Elgeyo Marakwet County.

Speaking in Chepkorio, Keiyo South Constituency, on the fourth day of his North Rift development tour, Ruto said the government is working towards a target of two million homes.

“Our target is to build two million houses, 200,000 annually. We are on course, with 300,000 units already under construction across the country.”

The 1.1 million employment figure was presented by the President as an indicator of the programme’s scale. The remarks as supplied did not set out how the figure was calculated, nor did they separate direct jobs from indirect, temporary or sustained ones. The two million homes remain a target, while the 300,000 units the President cited are at the construction stage.

Ruto inspected construction of the 380-unit Chepkorio Affordable Housing Project, a local component of the national programme. He said the initiative was expected to deliver benefits beyond housing, including reduced land fragmentation in agriculturally productive areas, the elimination of slums and better-planned settlements that improve service delivery.

Those stated expectations link housing development to urban planning, employment and land use, which the President framed as the programme’s wider economic purpose.

The Chepkorio inspection was part of a broader county tour during which the administration also advanced electricity connectivity, road construction and market infrastructure projects.

How quickly the housing units are completed, and how the employment numbers hold up as projects progress, will shape assessment of the programme.

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