Spare our property, landlords plead
What you need to know:
- They supported the move by the Nairobi County Government to order an audit of the quality of buildings, but urged the authorities to look into cases individually.
- “As owners and developers, we have maintained highest standards in building and the safety of tenants has always been our top objective,” the association’s secretary Jessy Ndegwa said.
Landlords in Makongeni, Nairobi, where a residential building collapsed last week, Tuesday appealed to the government not to demolish their properties.
They pledged to support authorities in investigating the cause of the collapse of the four-storey building.
The Makongeni/Kaloleni Ward Plot Owners and Developers Group said that the December 17 tragedy in which seven people were killed was an isolated case that should not imply that all buildings in the area are unsafe.
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They supported the move by the Nairobi County Government to order an audit of the quality of buildings, but urged the authorities to look into cases individually.
“As owners and developers, we have maintained highest standards in building and the safety of tenants has always been our top objective,” the association’s secretary Jessy Ndegwa said.
He spoke at Majimbo grounds in Makongeni, three flats away from where the incident occurred.
The landlords called upon the government to protect their properties, saying they acquired their plots legally.
Meanwhile, scrap metal dealers crushed remnants of concrete slabs and helped themselves to pieces of steel bars while others scavenged the waterlogged concrete debris for valuables.
