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Photo credit: Bonface Bogita | Nation Media Group The board said the Affordable Housing Programme has three income bands, with social housing units targeting households earning below Sh20,000 per month; affordable housing for those earning between Sh20,000 and Sh149,000; and affordable middle-class housing for those earning above Sh149,000.“Residents of Bomet town and the Bomet University students have opposed county plans to dump the waste at a site next to the university, St Michael’s Secondary School, the affordable housing units and Nyangores River,” said Mr Joseph Langat, a resident.

County Housing Director Lawrence Mutisya said the 382-unit Marigat project was 21 per cent complete, while the 528-unit Mogotio and 484-unit Kabarnet projects were each at 10 per cent.