Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has suspended three officials after a seven-storey building collapsed in the Seasons area of Kasarani.
The officers have been sent home while more inquiries into the event are conducted by Michael Agoya, Senior Superintendent of Building, Catherine Wairimu, and Beatrice Kimathi, Chief Superintendent of Building.
The three were also given a show-cause notice, and if they don’t respond to the allegations—which include insufficient supervision—within ten days, additional disciplinary action will be taken against them.
“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.
Early investigations revealed that neither the National Construction Authority nor Nairobi City County had granted the building any formal authorization (NCA).
The Urban Planning Technical Committee (UPTC), established in 2009 to replace the Town Planning & Works Committee, has subsequently been reorganized by Governor Sakaja.
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