The Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board (KYEB) will tomorrow (Thursday, 24th February, 2022) launch the book Building Sustainable Homes: Innovations for Affordable Housing, produced in partnership with the Kenya Building Research Centre (KBRC) of the State Department for Public Works.

The book Building Sustainable Homes: Innovations for Affordable Housing provides information on the use of sustainable building materials for low-cost housing as determined by local availability of raw materials, construction methods, the buying power of individuals, households, and residents’ groups; and the willingness of entrepreneurs to partner with the Government to build homes.

In his preface to the book, the Principal Secretary in the State Department for Public Works, Mr. Solomon Kitungu notes that it “forms a rare resource material aimed at providing information on availability, viability, affordability and sustainability of building materials, processes and technologies as well as enhanced public adoption.” Says the PS: “It is earmarked to facilitate effective information sharing through regional and national workshops, seminars and conferences; exhibitions and trade fairs and shows; libraries including all online technologies and social media.”

KYEB has adopted a Digital First Strategy for all its sector-based publications, including its flagship the Kenya Yearbook, that will see them first released and disseminated online, before printing, allowing for public feedback to be incorporated in the printed editions.

Building Sustainable Homes: Innovations for Affordable Housing captures the spirit of MTP III whose theme is “Transforming Lives: Advancing Socioeconomic Development through the Big 4 Agenda”. MTP III is in its final cycle, to be replaced by MTP IV after 30th June 2022. MTP III laid a firm foundation for transformational sector policies, programme