Public servants’ housing agency urged to widen funding base

Minister of State in the President’s Office (Public Service Management and Good Governance), Mr Ridhiwan Kikwete

Dar es Salaam. Minister of State in the President’s Office (Public Service Management and Good Governance), Mr Ridhiwan Kikwete, has directed Watumishi Housing Investment (WHI) to diversify its financing sources in order to scale up the construction of affordable homes for public servants.

Mr Kikwete said Tanzania’s Vision 2050 requires the delivery of one million housing units—a target he insisted cannot be met if WHI continues to rely heavily on government budget allocations, which are already overstretched by competing national priorities.