Residents of Mukuru kwa Reuben in Nairobi have raised alarm over the allocation of Affordable Housing units, with some claiming houses they had paid for were given to other people.

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The residents said they had contributed deposits towards units under the government’s Affordable Housing Programme but recently received messages informing them that they were sold out, raising questions over houses they believed they had already secured.

One resident said she was left wondering who had been allocated a house she had paid Ksh80,000 for.

“I paid Ksh80,000 for a bedsitter, but I have not gotten anything. It’s only recently that I received a message saying the units were sold out,” she said.

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The resident added, “We only received that message, without any information on who bought them or what we were supposed to do. We were not even given notice.”

Affected residents are now demanding to know how units could be declared unavailable after they had made payments towards them and what happened to their applications.

Some said they had received confirmation messages after making the deposits, leading them to believe they were eligible for the homes.

Residents also complained that they had taken loans to raise the required amounts, leaving them under financial pressure as they continued to wait for housing.

The complaints come after President William Ruto handed over 4,500 homes to beneficiaries in Mukuru in 2025, with the project expected to deliver 13,248 homes across several phases as part of the government’s plan to replace informal settlements with modern housing.

The latest concerns follow last year’s protests after Mukuru residents were forcibly evicted from their homes to pave the way for further affordable housing construction.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke