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12 . - DAILY NATION, WEDNESDAY,MARCH 12, 1986 :rci IC r.i ciui TED (ImkIEEDEPIrE Reports by CONSTANT!NE OWUOR, KHAKHUDU I ''JJ I l.I% '..JI"I LI%LI1.SL. AG U N DA AND OTULA OWUOR Kenya is keen on better Shanti*es for thud-% '1 0 Mill ir!3 enciect Developing countries should try .by the United Nations Centre for iifflIIJIiT&J)ikVFfl U iIfl to incorporate shanty dwellings Human Settlements (Habitat) in into their urban systems instead connection with the International of demolishing them, according Year of Shelter for the Homeless, Kenya takes great interest in attending the International Year period of2O years. overcrowding, remedial action to a paper presented at the con- which is being observed. the housing situation and the of Shelter for the Homeless East It also provides guidelines for will be taken at the rate of five ference in Gigiri yesterday. There are at least 1.2 million need for its improvement. African regional meeting in identifying the key factors deter- per cent per year, according to Two researchers, Lloyd Rodwin refugees in the Horn of Africa and Nairobi. mining housing needs and the case study. and Bishwapriya Sanyal, said in Sudan, according to a report by It is important therefore that One of the main sources of explains their inter-connections. In order to update information a paper titled " Shelter Settle- the United Nations High Com- the preparation and implementa- information necessary for the for- It is estimated that in the next on the existing housing, an urban inent and Development: An mission for Refugees (UNHCR). tion Of housing programmes and mulation or revision of any 20 years the population will survey has been carried out and Overview" that although the The report, given at the con- projects should be guided by a housing policy was the assess- almost double to about 36.6 the report is being compiled, the developing countries govern- ference at Gigiri, states that most clear housing policy, according to ment of present and future needs, million, Mr Mama explained. chief housing officer said. A rural ments insisted on demolishing of these refugees are in Somalia, Mr G. 0. Mama, chief housing he told the delegates. In Nairobi and Mombasa, housing survey was also in the shanties they reappeared sooner Sudan and Ethiopia. officer in the Ministry of Works, about 16 per cent of the housing process of being carried out, he or later and ' 'for lack of an alter- "The largest number is living Housing and Physical Planning. The first housing policy for units were overcrowded in 1983, said. native they have been grudgingly in relief camps in Somalia and He said the formulation or revi- Kenya was prepared in 1966/67 and 30 per cent of the units were The revision of housing by-laws tolerated". the official figure is 700,000 SiOfl of that policy must be based and the process of revising that substandard due to lack of basic and standards has already been Though deplored by officials people, while another 122,000 00 accurate information "if it is policy was in hand, he said. water, sanitary facilities and completed. Guidelines on how the and the public, shanty buildings have arrived within the past 1-1 1 to be efficient and effective". The model provides a set of quality of structure. new by-laws and standards may "must be seen as an efficient years, the report by UNHCR Mr Mama was speaking when preliminary estimates of future With regard to improvement of be applied during the design and component of the shelter delivery states. he presented the country's case housing needs and investment the substandard stock and to the building of low cost housing system," the researchers said. In Sudan 300,000 refugees live study report to delegates requirements in Kenya over provision of new units to relieve projects have also been prepared. in 60,000 tents while in Ethiopia They suggested that because of 80,000 Sudanese refugees live in the acute scarcity of resources in tents and traditional huts which the developing countries, their they built themselves. governments must recognise that The majority of refugees in shanty buildings in their towns Africa are from the rural areas serve as substitutes for the and they also live in the rural mortgage scheme in the areas ofthe country of asylum. developed countries which are for The ultimate solution or objec- the working class. tive of such refugee camps is to The seriousness of problems create self-sufficient or self- created for local authorities by reliant communities where the haphazard and illegal patterns of settlers can meet their own basic urban growth should be needs like food, shelter, health understood, the researchers said. and education, the report said. Said t h e researchers: According to the report, refugee " However, since it is no longer settlements in Tanzania have possible to deny or ignore these private houses built of bricks. The difference means a great new smile... system incorporating aircraft pattern extra-legal building processes, we The major problem experien- believe one of the tasks of shelter ced in refugee settlements is lack A second grill concealing a radiator and a nozzles to ensure a spacious and pleasant policy is to prepare a process well of fuel, especially firewood. Re- in advance of the future growth of brand new water cooled system. interior "climate". 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The building materials nd con- standards, codes and regulations, attractive upholstery, Ia rge windows, struction sector is vital for the it said. sophisticated ventilation a nd heating improvement of low-income Building materials were the shelter and infrastructure and single largest input in construc- makes significant contributions tion and could account for 50 to to economic growth through 80 per cent of the total value of employment generation. shelter construction, the report But owing to several con- stated. straints, the sector is limited in And it is observed that national its capacity to meet the shelter governments have a fundamental needs of the poor, according to a role to play in bringing about the report prepared for the shelter desired changes. meeting. "For instance, an issue such as "These constraints are that revision of building codes and basic building materials are regulations has legislative prohibitive in cost, indequate in implications that can effectively supply, and some are not durable, he handled only at the while construction skills and governmental level, " the report techniques are limited or stated. deficient, " ' said the report. Similarly, governments could Reasons for these constraints establish a requisite institutional were related to a dependence on framework, make raw materials imported inputs in construction, easily available to smal1scale inability to promote traditional producers and promote suitable or indigenous resource inputs and credit schemes, among other the adoption of inappropriate things. 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