Corruption is to blame for not implementing affordable Housing issue
By Dickson Odhiambo
October 18, 2021
Corruption is to blame
for not implementing affordable Housing issue
The Government has been urged to address the issue of corruption
in the country which is one of the factors that hinder the implementation
of the issue of Adequate and affordable Housing for sustainable development.
Chairman of the Kenyan Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee
Opiyo Wandayi says the issue of rampant corruption is a major hindrance to the
full realization of the issue of Adequate and affordable Housing in the
country.
Addressing the Second International Conference in Kisumu on
Housing, Waste management and Sanitation Wandayi said it is not right to take
the issue of corruption as part of culture where it is practiced with a lot of
impunity.
"One of the issues that is a major stumbling block towards
achieving the issue of adequate and affordable Housing is corruption which must
be dealt with for the issue of achieved,"Wandayi says.
Wandayi says for the Vice to be fully dealt with, there must be a
political goodwill.
He calls for the all corruption related cases to be handled with
a lot of speed within the criminal justice system and justice served
immediately.
"Corruption cases normally taken too long to be prosecuted
within the Criminal Justice System hence this give a leeway for more
corruption issues to thrive and this must be dealt with," Wandayi adds.
Wandayi who is the Member of Parliament for Ugunja Constituency
suggests that the National Housing Corporation should be left with the sole
mandate of development of housing units in the country.
He says the Corporation has the expertise and only lacks
Resources which it needs to be allocated fully, adding that the Ministry
of Housing should not build houses too alongside the corporation to avoid
confusion.
Former East African Legislative Assembly Member Nancy
Abisai said more focus need to be put on policy frameworks and legislations to
ensure that there is adequate and affordable housing that include proper waste
management and sanitation especially in the informal settlements.
She says there should be proper Financing on Housing in the
Country.
Abisai adds that the issue of poor housing should be addressed
or else the issue of housing problems will continue to be there.
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