Nairobi, Jan. 19 -- Kenya's goal of maintaining an upward growth of its economy through the ambitious Big Four Agenda seems elusive as only less than one per cent of set targets have been met.

At the beginning of his second term in office, President Uhuru Kenyatta outlined four pillars of development that would form the basis of his legacy: Food security, affordable housing, universal healthcare and manufacturing.

But with less than two and a half years left of his tenure, the Big Four agenda projects are struggling to take shape.

Last week, the government received the first 228 complete housing units out of the 1,370 under construction at the Park Road Project in Nairobi. The national affordable housing project targets to build at least...