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The Mombasa County Government will inaugurate a low-cost housing project of 200 billion shillings in September, a announced a county official. Planning Director Edward Dzila Nyale says the county has a housing deficit of 380,000 units. The county plans to build 32,000 units in the next two years.
"Plans are underway to inaugurate at Mzizima where we will begin the development of 600 units near the Kenyan Medical Training College.
" We will build 14 floors in this area instead of l & # 39; initial 24. From the technical survey, the field can only support fourteen, "said Nyale.
He said that the areas intended for demolition and reconstruction in the first phase are Mzizima, Miritini Greenfields , Changamwe, Likoni (flats and customs) and Nyerere.
The second phase includes the redevelopment of 12,000 dwellings in the Tudor Mwisho, Buxton, Tom Mboya, Kaa Chonjo, Khadija and Kizingo properties as contemplated in The County Vision. 2035.
Mr. Nyale said that the housing project is a key pillar in the Vision 2035 and the county plans to have units in said properties completed between 18-34 months.
He added that they take Key establishments, as he says, with the 234 square kilometer limited area of the county, want to take advantage of the vertical space.
"We hope to make them at the end of the five years, want to build towers we want to climb in. We had a lot of space" wasted "in the initial planning." We want to have 15-story duplexes in Likoni , 14 floors and 21 floors in Buxton for our people, "said the CEC Housing
.The Big Four Agenda of Uhuru Kenyatta, the county's development plan aims to create a dynamic economy focused on SMEs in order to create jobs for young people and women.
He notes that the fourth objective on housing is linked to the efforts of Mombasa County to improve access to water and sanitation. 39, sanitation, create a sustainable environment and develop modern transport infrastructure.
It however noted that there was a problem of encroachment of the land and that they had already treated in regions such as Likoni and Buxton.
He said that They also negotiate with residents while they formulate ways of sheltering current residents prior to construction.
In areas like Tudor Mwisho, Mr. Nyale noted that residents had to evacuate homes for safety because they were habitable and condemned. He said Tudor Mwisho owned one of the oldest houses in the county.
He added that discussions were also under way with the national government and private promoters to finance the multi-billion shillings project.
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