On July 1, Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome dismissed the push by Gen Z protesters to repeal the housing levy. Speaking in Nairobi's South B area, the CS highlighted that over 100,000 housing units were already in the pipeline nationwide.

She argued that discontinuing the levy would render these projects idle capital and a waste of taxpayers' money.

"I already have over 100,000 housing units. If I stopped at this stage, then that would be a dead capital investment and it is Kenyans' money," she stated.



Wahome responded to mounting pressure from protesters who criticized the housing levy, deducted at a rate of 1.5 percent, as burdensome for salaried workers amidst soaring living costs.

The protesters plan to demonstrate today to advocate for reforms.

CS Wahome also informed the press that the government is currently revising Land Laws to prevent land grabbers from illegally acquiring state land.

She pointed out that loopholes in the current laws were allowing perpetrators to illegally take over public land, leading to prolonged court battles.

"As soon as we finish with the policy, we will be able to look at the Land Law and do an amendment of the law to capture various serious loopholes and gaps that the land grabbers are using including how we deal with land belonging to the public that was grabbed and developed," she noted.

Two weeks ago, National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah withdrew his proposed amendments to the Land Laws Act following consultations with stakeholders.