Days after Central Organisation of Trade Unions-Kenya (COTU-K) boss Francis Atwoli exposed loopholes that threatened the use of billions of housing levy funds, the government has responded, accusing him of misleading Kenyans.
On Tuesday, June 3, Atwoli revealed that a new set of regulations recently adopted by MPs could be misused to redirect housing levy funds to other projects outside the Affordable Housing programme.
He warned that the new regulations could potentially introduce a loophole that would allow lawmakers to channel the funds into projects that could compromise the affordable housing plan.
Atwoli noted that the regulations that were adopted by MPs but had not yet been ratified by the Attorney General could potentially subject the housing levy to misuse.
