It has been reported that 17 Kenyans are nursing serious injuries in hospital and 1 casualty after a house collapsed as the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) demolished structures in Mukuru slums.
According to residents, Bulldozers from NMS were in the Mukuru slums to demolish illegal structures to pave way for expansion of a road.
Residents identified the deceased as Gabriel Ndotono Maina. His remains were transferred to Chiromo mortuary.
“This is Covid times yet the government has come to demolish houses leaving hundreds of families homeless..They should have given us sufficient time,” James Mwaniki, a resident said.
Residents blamed the government for turning a blind eye and a deaf ear on them.
Efforts by Kenyan Bulletin to reach the area Chief were futile as his phone remained busy for the better part of yesterday.
We couldn’t independently verify the reports by residents that alleged that the State had been issued them with only a one day notice to vacate their structures ahead of the demolition.
