Kenya: Sifuna Pledges Affordable Houses for Police Officers If Elected President

What the report says

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has said that, if elected president, he would set aside homes under Kenya’s government Affordable Housing Programme for National Police Service officers. The pledge was reported by Capital FM and carried by AllAfrica from remarks Sifuna made in Nairobi on 14 September 2026, during a Linda Mwananchi rally at Jacaranda Grounds.

Sifuna argued that police officers should benefit from better housing because of their role in maintaining security and public order. He and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino also praised officers for handling the movement of opposition supporters’ convoy through Nairobi without the kind of confrontations seen at some earlier political events, according to the report.

At the same time, Sifuna questioned how much the Affordable Housing Programme has helped ease Nairobi’s housing shortage, especially in informal settlements. He challenged President William Ruto to point to a slum in the capital that has been removed because of the project. The article says government figures put completed affordable housing units at more than 8,000 so far.

The broader context is Kenya’s continuing debate over housing policy, including the Affordable Housing Levy, which requires contributions from workers and employers. The government has said it wants to build 250,000 affordable units a year, mainly for low- and middle-income households. Sifuna’s comments connect police welfare, urban housing shortages and the political arguments surrounding the programme.