Protests ensued between police and residents along Manyanja road who decried their structures being brought down at night.
According to photos seen by Kenyans.co.ke, the residents proceeded to block the road from Bee Center to Manyaja road.
Further, locals who commute along the route took to their social platforms to warn of the traffic situation along the road due to massive stones and burnt tires by the residents.
This led to police being deployed in the area in order to control the situation.
Efforts by Kenyans.co.ke to uncover more details from the OCPD Embakasi were futile as he declined to comment on the matter.
A video had surfaced online showing a bulldozer destroying the structures along Manyanja road. A number of police cars were also on patrol during the night demolitions.
The demolitions form part of the plans by the Nairobi county government to take back public land meant for construction of infrastructure.
This has seen the county move to reclaim public land with recent demolitions. The plan, enforced by the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) saw select houses in Nairobi estates undergo demolitions in the ongoing urban renewal program.
The program dubbed the Nairobi Regeneration Program would see the entity set up new houses which would be fairly priced and below current market values.
Areas targeted were Pangani,Woodley, Ziwani, Bahati, Maringo, Jericho, Lumumba, Bondeni, California, Embakasi and Kariobangi North.
"For example, out of 1,562 housing units developed in the Pangani estate, 60 percent were sold at prices ranging from Ksh1 million to Ksh3 million for one-bedroom to three-bedroom units.
"The other 40 percent will be sold at Ksh7.5 Million whereas a similar unit would fetch more than Ksh15 million in the open market," the agency stated at a past notice.
