SAKAJA SUSPENDS 3 WORKS AFTER KASARANI BUILDING COLLAPSE

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Published on 18thNov 2022
Story by: Mohammed Hussein 


Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has interdicted three officers over alleged negligence of their duties after three people died when a 7-storey building collapsed in Seasons area, Kasarani, on Tuesday.

The officers; Michael Agoya (Senior Superintendent of Building), Catherine Wairimu (Enforcement officer, Kasarani sub-county), and Beatrice Kimathi (Chief Superintendent Building) have been sent home pending further investigations into the incident.

The three were also asked to show cause and have been given ten days to respond to the allegations, which include inadequate supervision, failure to which further disciplinary action will be taken against them.

The Nairobi County government, in a statement to newsrooms on Friday, also said it has since forwarded the names of the officers to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for further probe.

“If I find any officer from Nairobi County culpable, at any point, for allowing construction of non-compliant developments to continue they will go home and be charged,””Governor Sakaja said.

“The developer of the building in Kasarani is responsible for the deaths and we will work with the DCI to hold him accountable. He did not have permits from the County and has continuously ignored enforcement notices to stop construction, this kind of impunity must stop.

This comes after preliminary investigations confirmed that the building had no statutory approvals from Nairobi City County nor from National Construction Authority (NCA).

“The developer had in the past ignored non-compliance notices with the latest being issued on the morning of the incident, Tuesday 15th November. NCA closed the construction site the same morning marking it dangerous and hazardous, however, the owner ignored the notice and reopened the site later the same day,” Nairobi County said in the statement.

Governor Sakaja has since reconstituted the Urban Planning Technical Committee (UPTC) which was initiated in 2009 to succeed the Town Planning & Works Committee.

The multi-sectoral committee is constituted to facilitate the evaluation and consideration of applications for development permission submitted to the planning authority and will meet twice a month.

The committee comprises of:
1. Brenda Nyawara - Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK)

2. Eng. Jane Mutulili — Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK)

3. Eng. Christine Ogut — The Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK)

4. Dr. Abdulmalik Tuesday Gichuki — Kenya Alliance of Resident Association (KARA)

5. Racheal Kisiangani — Kenya Institute of Planners (KIP)

6. Stanley Karaya Kimani - Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC)

7. Margaret Njuki — National Environment Management Authority (NEMA)

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