After close to two months’ break, the demolition of structures erected on riparian land in Nairobi is set to resume before the end of this month.
The head of the multi-agency team overseeing the exercise, Mr Julius Wanjau, said the operation is set to resume before the end of this month after the expiry of most of the one-month notices given out by the team on October 1. The multi-agency team comprises of the Nairobi Regeneration Committee, National Environment Management Authority (Nema) and Nairobi County. Mr Wanjau said the multi-agency team will meet any time this month to strategise on the next course of action.
Before the demolitions stopped, almost half of the approximated 2,000 marked structures on wetlands in Nairobi had been brought down by the end of August either through individual efforts or by the multi-agency task force.
The demolitions target 4,000 buildings, structures and facilities erected on riparian land and road reserves. The National Building Inspectorate chairman Moses Nyakiongera confirmed that demolition of unsafe structures will resume in a week’s time once funding is received from the Treasury.
