Nairobi County will on Tuesday begin demolitions of buildings.
The operation will be conducted after an audit by the National Building Inspectorate revealed that 388 buildings in the county were structurally unsound.
This comes after a five-storey building collapsed on Sunday in Huruma killing three people among them an expectant mother.
[caption caption="The five-storey building that collapsed in Huruma"]
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Speaking on the matter, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko stated that his administration would not allow corrupt individuals endanger the lives of people by putting up buildings with poor standards.
"It is unfortunate that this morning we lost lives of people after a house collapsed in Huruma area. I want to condole with the affected families.
"We shall hold all county staff who have been frustrating the demolition of these buildings accountable," he assured.
Echoing his sentiments, Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja cited a failure on the leaders who allowed such buildings to
"We can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results. In 2016 when another building collapsed in Huruma and took lives, a raft of measures were agreed on including demolition
of buildings unsuitable for habitation. These buildings are still up. They must come down. Immediately, "he tweeted on Sunday.
Earlier in March, a four-storey building collapsed in Ruai with the heavy rains signalled to have caused the incident.
In 2016, seven people lost their lives in Huruma after a six-storey building collapsed.
[caption caption="Rescue operations in Huruma in 2016"]
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