The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Kenya) has distanced itself from a controversy surrounding the Affordable Housing regulations, accusing Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga of making misleading claims about its role in the formulation process.
In a statement dated June 6, COTU dismissed the assertion that it was consulted and participated in the drafting of the regulations guiding the implementation of the Affordable Housing levy.
The union maintained that it had no hand in shaping the current policy and challenged Hinga to prove his remarks. "As COTU, we have never been consulted either formally or informally, in a development review, or approval of the current Affordable Housing Regulations," read part of the statement. "At no point did the Executive Board, which is a legally mandated organ responsible for such organisational decisions, sit to deliberate or resolve to support the said regulations," said COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli.
Hinga on Friday claimed that COTU was among the stakeholders represented during the formulation of the housing regulations. "COTU is one of the few organisations that had the privilege of drafting the acts and regulations.
