PICTURE: Machakos County Governor poses for a photo a family receiving a fully constructed home
Machakos County Government in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity Kenya is constructing 60 homes for low-income and vulnerable families in Kiasa Kyumbi area and in Matungulu sub-county.
Construction of these homes is based on a Memoranda of Understanding signed between the NGO and the Machakos County Government in February 2023 to create an enabling environment for affordable housing and improved basic infrastructure and services for decent settlement for Machakos residents.
The programme targets vulnerable households with an income of less than Ksh 300 per day and living in dilapidated structures. The 60 homes under construction are free of charge to the family and are constructed with new technology known as Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) which does not use the conventional walling stones used for construction.
Thirteen households were handed keys to their finished houses by Habitat for Humanity in February this year.