{"id":141090,"date":"2026-05-15T05:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/pcs-mudavadi-arrives-in-azerbaijan-for-world-urban-forum\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:02:49","slug":"pcs-mudavadi-arrives-in-azerbaijan-for-world-urban-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/pcs-mudavadi-arrives-in-azerbaijan-for-world-urban-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"PCS Mudavadi arrives in Azerbaijan for World Urban Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia has arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan as an advance Kenyan delegation to attend the World Urban Forum 13 (WUF13) between May 17th-22nd.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Themed \u201cHousing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities\u201d brings together world leaders, policy makers and stakeholders in the Housing sector to shine a global spotlight on the urgent need to address the global housing crisis.<\/p>\n

The global leaders will also seek to position housing as a driver of inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban development.<\/p>\n

According to Mudavadi, time has come to move from conversation to execution on housing noting that it was imperative to deliberate on strategic urban planning.<\/p>\n

\u201cKenya, and Africa\u2019s urbanisation is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, and the time to move from conversation to execution is now.\u201d<\/p>\n

PCS has previously emphasized the urgent need to translate dialogue into actionable strategies and bankable projects that will shape the continent\u2019s cities for generations.<\/p>\n

The WUF13 comes just a month after Nairobi hosted African Heads of States and Government, policymakers, urban planners, development partners, private sector leaders, and international experts for the Second Africa Urban Forum (AUF2) to discuss financing, governance, technology, and climate resilience<\/p>\n

Mudavadi argues that projections indicate that Africa\u2019s urban population, will double from 700 million to 1.4 billion by 2050.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin a single generation, our cities will absorb hundreds of millions of new residents,\u201d says Mudavadi.<\/p>\n

He warns that urban growth, if left unmanaged, could worsen housing deficits, overstretched public services, air pollution, and climate-related risks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese challenges are compounded by constrained fiscal space, weak governance structures, and limited access to long-term and innovative financing through a reflection on Kenya\u2019s own urban development journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

PCS noted that Kenya has gone through a very interesting episode to reach where it is now under the affordable housing programme championed by President William Ruto, appreciating difficulties in mobilising resources for large-scale housing and infrastructure projects .<\/p>\n

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Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia has arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan as an advance Kenyan delegation to attend the World Urban Forum 13 (WUF13) between May 17th-22nd. Themed \u201cHousing the world: Safe and resilient cities and communities\u201d brings together world leaders, policy makers and stakeholders in the Housing sector to shine a global spotlight on the urgent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141090\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}