Nairobi County admits building violations by city's high-rise buildings
The county has issued innumerable stay orders to the developers whose construction activities were in breach.
The Nairobi County Government has admitted that a number of high-rise buildings in the city do not meet standard requirements, hence violating development permission.
Patrick Analo Akivaga, the chief officer in charge of Urban Development and Planning, stated in court documents that due to the violation, the county has issued innumerable stay orders to the developers whose construction activities were in breach.
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"The county has issued innumerable enforcement notices in the recent months and years and actively pursued compliance with the same and ensured that the owners or developers conducting development activities contrary to the law are prosecuted accordingly.
The officer added that there are many pending criminal cases against such individuals as per the bundled schedules of pending or concluded cases (between 2019 and 2025).
Analo was responding to a suit filed by the Parklands Residents Association, which challenged the move to build high-rise buildings in the area.
He said its Enforcement Officers in the Urban Development and Planning sub-sector have been vigilant in enforcing compliance where developments violate the development permission conditions.
He said the Enforcement Officers have been diligent in carrying out inspections on the development sites within the areas with a view to enforcing compliance.
Analo added that the county government has been receiving and processing applications for development permission in compliance with the law and the attendant regulations.
As already highlighted, the Urban Planning Technical Committee (UPTC), which was constituted to facilitate a more expeditious and effective way of meeting the requirements under Section 60 of PLUPA, has enabled a thorough vetting process integrating multiple key stakeholders as required thereunder," he said.
He added that the different authorities required during the vetting process have, every year, diligently forwarded their nominees for appointment to serve in the UPTC for a term of one year.
Earlier, the Environment and Land court judge Anne Amollo extended orders stopping Nairobi County Government from approving or processing any new developments in the Parklands area.
The court order stopped the county Director of Physical Planning and Land Use Planning, the county committee on physical land use, from considering any application or processing any application for development permission on properties located in Parklands.
The order further prohibited development near Deep Sea Slum Area, Eldama Ravine Road, Ring Road Parklands, among other areas, pending hearing and determination of the case.
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