Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has interdicted three county government officials over the collapse of a building in Kasarani that killed three people including a couple.
The Governor asked the three officials to show cause within ten days saying they are directly responsible for the incident due to negligence of their duties including inadequate supervision on the building that was under construction at Kasarani’s seasons area.
The three include the Senior Superintendent of building Michael Angoya, an enforcement officer at the Kasarani sub-county Catherine Wairimu and Chief Superintendent building Beatrice Kimathi.
“The three have been given ten days to respond failure to which further stern disciplinary action will be taken against them. The county has also forwarded the names of the officers to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) for further investigations,” Governor Sakaja stated.
The Governor also sent a stern warning to any official found culpable of allowing construction of non compliant developments to continue will be sacked and charged.
According to the county Chief the Kasarani developer is responsible for the deaths and will be seeking to have DCI charge him with murder.
He noted that preliminary investigations have shown that the developer also didn’t have a clearance from the National Construction Authority.
“The developer didn’t have permits from the county and has continuously ignored enforcement notices to stop construction, this kind of impunity must stop,” he stated.
Following the collapse of the building on Tuesday three people have so far been confirmed dead and the search for survivors is still ongoing.
