he owner of a six-storey building under construction in Kayole, Nairobi, that has raised uproar over claims it is unsafe was on Friday arrested by Nairobi County officials.
Caroline Wanjiru was arrested by a team of government multi-agency officials for constructing a building without approvals as Governor Mike Sonko warned constructors to seek genuine approvals.
The narrow building caught the attention of many when a social media user uploaded it wondering if it was safe and how the owner got approvals from City Hall.
“Alert 
Disaster Dear @MikeSonko How was this 
APPROVED? This building shld be marked 
and 
demolished How many of such unsafe structures have collapsed resulting in deaths
Location: App Bee Centre, Harry’s Tavern, towards Kayole,” tweeted social media user Philip Ogola.
Disaster Dear @MikeSonko How was this APPROVED? This building shld be marked and demolished How many of such unsafe structures have collapsed resulting in deathsLocation: App Bee Centre, Harry’s Tavern, towards Kayole,” tweeted social media user Philip Ogola.
AlertDisaster
Dear @MikeSonko How was thisAPPROVED
This building shld be markedand
demolished
How many of such unsafe structures have collapsed resulting in deaths
Location: App Bee Centre, Harry's Tavern, towards Kayole.
cc @ncakenya @SakajaJohnson
After massive backlash, Governor Sonko responded by ordering for the building’s demolition on Thursday night.
“My admin cannot sit back & watch innocent Kenyans trapped in collapsed buildings because of corruption. This morning a multi-agency team led by City Hall officials arrested owner of a condemned 7-storey building in Kayole for building without approvals/ignoring a demolition notice,” tweeted Mr. Sonko.
