{
  "id": 10220163,
  "title": "Ruto answers Sifuna: Taita Taveta affordable houses will have lifts for chickens",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/ruto-answers-sifuna-taita-taveta-affordable-houses-will-have-lifts",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-27T12:43:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/inside-politics/ruto-answers-sifuna-taita-taveta-affordable-houses-will-have-lifts-for-chickens"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has taken an apparent swipe at Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna over affordable housing, joking that lifts could carry chickens upstairs in Taita Taveta. Speaking in Taita Taveta on Sunday, September 27, 2026, Ruto said the county should have multi-storey housing developments similar to those being built in Nairobi. County housing push “Yale […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Gachagua calls for bigger diaspora role in Kenya’s governance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/gachagua-calls-for-bigger-diaspora-role-in-kenyas-governance",
        "published": "2026-09-27T03:53:21.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}