Chief Administration Secretary for Tourism, Wilson Sossion has said housing levy should not be contested because both Kenya Kwanza and Azimio coalitions had it in their manifestos during campaigns.
Speaking during an interview on Monday, the CAS said Kenya Kwanza has taken a bold step to make sure it is implemented.
President William Ruto is currently pushing for the levy in the Finance Bill 2023, saying it will create employment for the youth and provide affordable houses for the downtrodden.
Sossion said the country should draw its focus on how the housing plan will be implemented.
"From my point of view as a labour leader for many years, housing plans should not be debated. The main issue should be on how it will be implemented," the CAS said.
The CAS added that young Kenyans who are entering the active labour market will automatically get houses making the plan an even better social plan.
He said Kenya will be the first African country to have a clear housing design a programme that will go on for many years.
During the campaigns for the last general elections in August, Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Alliance leader Raila Odinga vowed to introduce the housing levy if elected President.
Raila said he would reintroduce retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, which was shot down in 2018.
He had lauded the housing levy as a game-changer in the country.
"That was a very good policy, I want to revive it, where an employee will be contributing 1.5 per cent and the employer 1.5 per cent that will go into a pool of funds that can enable us to roll out massive housing development in our country," he said.
Raila is now leading a campaign against the push by Ruto to introduce the housing levy which he says should not be pushed on Kenyans who are already overtaxed.
