Make houses built under Big 4 Agenda eco-friendly

Provision of affordable housing is one of the key pillars of the Government’s Big 4 Agenda. The ever-increasing population means more people will need homes. The unrelenting wave of rural-urban migration, coupled with rising unemployment, underlines the need for enhanced public-private sector partnerships in designing lasting solutions for the housing challenge.

The United Nations Development Programme estimates that globally urban areas occupy 3 percent of land, yet account for 60 to 80 percent of energy consumption and 70 percent of carbon emissions. According to the Institute of Economic Affairs’ Kenya Urban Areas Performance Report 2017, 27 percent of the population in Kenya is concentrated in urban areas. The percentage is projected to double by the year 2050; this trend calls for timely sustainable interventions.