Robert Otim the director of Housing for Humanity said that they have developed procedures how the people will acquire these houses and they will be costing 18 million for the low-income earners and 35 to 50 million to the high-income earners.
The ministry
for lands housing and urban development with Habitat for Humanity are to build
quality affordable houses in informal settlements in in
different cities of Uganda.
The move is
aimed at solving the problem of poor housing in slums where people can
contract diseases like Tuberculosis due to poor ventilation and congestion while others live with animals due to poor
housing and lack of space for a decent house.
Ronald
Kasule the Resource Development and Donor Engagement Specialist at Habitat for
Humanity Uganda said on Monday
said that the Ministry has patterned with the Buganda
Kingdom and the United Nations Development Program to plan for people living in
informal settlements by building affordable and decent houses them.
//Cue in: We
are aiming at…//
Cue out…is
catered for.”//
Kasule also
said that they are to sensitize 'slum' dwellers so that they can understand the
benefit of the project and make sure that the people who are living in these
areas are given priority in acquiring the proposed houses.
// Cue in: “We
have worked with….//
Cue out…they
can call home.” //
Judith
Nabakooba the Minister for Lands Housing and Urban development said that there is need to find a lasting solution for informal settlements.
She said that the policy provides for affordability inclusiveness
and bringing all stakeholders on board because some of the slums belong to
private people and others to the government.
Nabakooba
also said that government is to build high-rise buildings to cater for low,
middle income and high-income earners.
//Cue in: “Implementation
of the…//
Cue out…
housing development in the country.” //
Robert Otim
the director of Housing for Humanity said that they have developed procedures how the people will acquire these houses and they will be costing 18 million
for the low-income earners and 35 to 50 million to the high-income earners.
However, the
government has tried to develop several slums in Uganda but the projects fail
to achieve the intended purpose of providing low-cost houses to the slum dwellers
in Uganda. Namuwongo was one slum whose development benefitted rich people and it is now a high-end residential area.
Nabakooba
said that one of the projects that had taken off and then later stalled was the
Kasooli project in Tororo district after it turned out that the land on which
houses were built is going to be used by the standard gauge railway.
//Cue:
Kasokoso project didn’t…//
Cue out…improving
the housing sector.”//
In Uganda
two of every three people don’t have a decent house and currently, the country
is said to be faced with a housing deficit of approximately 2.4 million housing units.
Fred Kayongo Male
Freelancer