Zanzibar President Hussein Mwinyi used his birthday to open a new housing development named after him, Dr Hussein Mwinyi City, in Mombasa within the Urban West Region. He told the Zanzibar Social Security Fund, which built the project, to keep pursuing big infrastructure investments, even suggesting they look at energy sector projects next. The ceremony also included the launch of affordable housing units and a mosque called Masjid Balad Salaam at the site.
President Mwinyi stated that social security funds globally have become major development players. He commended ZSSF for moving beyond markets and bus terminals into modern housing, arguing Zanzibar needs more planned cities to replace substandard living conditions. He instructed the lands ministry to give ZSSF a plot at Kisakasaka Government City for new offices, demanding high-quality construction. Finance Minister Dr. Juma Maliki Akili praised the fund's work and noted the President would personally launch seventeen out of one hundred seven development projects for the revolution anniversary.
ZSSF Managing Director Nassor Shaabani Ameir said the project aligns with the President's vision, hence the naming. The city covers twenty two thousand five hundred square meters and contains fourteen five-story buildings with two hundred seventy six total units. These include two, three, and four bedroom configurations. Facilities include playgrounds, parking, shops, and the new mosque. Sales data shows all two-bedroom units at ninety million shillings are sold, with three-bedroom units at sixty seven percent and four-bedroom units at seventy two percent sold, for an overall eighty seven percent sales rate.
President Mwinyi stated that social security funds globally have become major development players. He commended ZSSF for moving beyond markets and bus terminals into modern housing, arguing Zanzibar needs more planned cities to replace substandard living conditions. He instructed the lands ministry to give ZSSF a plot at Kisakasaka Government City for new offices, demanding high-quality construction. Finance Minister Dr. Juma Maliki Akili praised the fund's work and noted the President would personally launch seventeen out of one hundred seven development projects for the revolution anniversary.
ZSSF Managing Director Nassor Shaabani Ameir said the project aligns with the President's vision, hence the naming. The city covers twenty two thousand five hundred square meters and contains fourteen five-story buildings with two hundred seventy six total units. These include two, three, and four bedroom configurations. Facilities include playgrounds, parking, shops, and the new mosque. Sales data shows all two-bedroom units at ninety million shillings are sold, with three-bedroom units at sixty seven percent and four-bedroom units at seventy two percent sold, for an overall eighty seven percent sales rate.
