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How I use stabilised soil to build cheap brick houses in Kenya

Also, we require people to provide the stabilisation materials to enable us increase the structural stability of the walls and reduce the amount of cement needed as mortar,” says Wahonge.

Are such bricks easier to be broken into by thugs? “The best known and oldest buildings in world, including the White House in US, which houses the most powerful man on earth, are made of bricks!

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Our blocks have been tested and approved by various international bodies mandated to approve building materials including Kenya Bureau of Standards.

Bricks are environmentally friendly because of reduction on dependency on timber for construction and there is no need to excavate building stones,” urges Wahonge.

Vumbi Afrique has partnered with the Postal Corporation of Kenya and those interested in building houses, water tanks, animal sheds or silos can collect information and fill-in their personal details in the application forms available in all 484 post offices in Kenya.

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