Lands, Housing, and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome has challenged former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to present any evidence of corruption within the Affordable Housing Programme to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
CS Wahome, who was speaking in Machakos on Wednesday, dismissed claims from Gachagua that the programme is a business venture from which some government officials and companies selling building materials allegedly profit.
Gachagua alleged that the housing levy collected from Kenyans is meant to ensure the continued construction of houses, allowing government officials to keep selling cement, metal, and iron sheets. "If the PS wants to build affordable housing, they must go and sign a subcontract with a company selling cement, metal, and iron sheets.
In that company, the bigwigs of the country are part of that company," Gachagua alleged.
