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Kindiki orders demolitions of properties along riparian land in Nairobi

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki. He has announced that the Public Benefits Organisations Act, initially enacted in 2013, is set to take effect Tuesday, May 14, 2024.(Photo: MINA)

By Maureen Kinyanjui | 02 May 2024

The state has also given those residing on the riparian land 24 hours to vacate failure to which they will be evacuated forcefully on Saturday.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has ordered the demolition of structures along Nairobi Rivers which includes Mathare and Ngong .

The demolition, however, will take place after people living on the riparian land along Nairobi Rivers vacate their homes.

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"The Multi-agency Team under the auspices of the National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC) to oversee the removal of all buildings and structures within the riparian land as well as the planning corridor," Kindiki stated in a statement on Thursday.

The CS added that the Nairobi Regional and County Security Teams are directed to work with the Nairobi City County Government and the Multi-agency Team under NDOC.

The state has also given those residing on the riparian land 24 hours to vacate failure to which they will be evacuated forcefully on Saturday.

Further, five sub-counties in Nairobi have been put on alert. They include Embakasi, Lang'ata, Kasarani, Westalnds and Njiru. People living near the 13 water dams and reservoirs have been ordered to vacate.

They include Quarry Kwa Kirima, Njiru Angeria Quarry, Abandoned Quarry, Kangemi Dam, Windsor Michuki Dam l, Michuki Farm, Ngumba Dam, Makue Dam, Kigwa Farm Dam, Nairobi Dam, ICD Shallow Dam, Autoport Dam and Excavation site.

Floods havoc

Nairobi County is the worst hit with 147,031 people displaced accounting for over 77 per cent of those displaced countrywide by floods.

According to City Hall, 16 people in Nairobi had perished due to the floods but Governor Johnson Sakaja assured that his government was addressing the situation.

Out of the households affected by the floods, 13,000 had sought refuge in the camps set up by the county government.

However, Sakaja said the number was decreasing.

Sakaja noted that out of the 31 camps that had been established, only 10, which are situated in Mathare and Ruaraka sub-counties are currently occupied.