Ruto Defends Housing Levy Deductions Amid Court Battles & Political Pressure

President William Ruto defended the Affordable Housing program, dismissing calls from some politicians to scrap the housing levy deduction. During the Africa Urban Forum, he emphasized that the program has created hundreds of thousands of jobs and that scrapping it would harm livelihoods. Ruto also stated that the initiative is funded solely by taxpayers' money, not by the World Bank.