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Wamatangi warns developers against unlawful constructions

 

Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi has made a sound warning to those constructing buildings unlawfully.

Wamatangi said those caught constructing buildings unlawfully will be stopped, their buildings demolished and charged in court.

The governor spoke in Ruaka where a five-storey building under construction collapsed near Fortune Club on Thursday morning.

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"Njia ya kumaloza hii shida ni kuhakikisha kwamba haifanyiki, ata haianzi. Ndipo tukifika mahali ambapo tunaona mtu amekosa kufuata sheria, hio nyumba inasimamishwa na kubomolewa na mtu kufikishwa kortini," he said.

This loosely translates to, "The solution to this problem is to ensure it does not happen. If one has not followed the law, construction should be stopped, building demolished and the person arraigned."

This comes barely hours after at least three people died and several others were rescued from a collapsed building in Kasarani.

Wamatangi said the problem must be solved at the root.

"Hatuezi kua tunangojea manyumba kama haya yaporomeke alafu watu wafe ndo tuanze utaratibu. Unakaa ni kama ni kawaida kwamba tunasema tunaenda kwa nani kufanya upelelezi," he said.

This loosely translates to," We can't be waiting for buildings to collapse for us to take action. It looks as if we are normalising these trends."

The governor said investigations have already been conducted on the collapsed building and the files are already with the DPP. 

He added that he is only waiting for a go-ahead from the DPP to arraign those responsible.

A rescue team rushed to the site with one person already rescued.

Kiambu county fire brigade, Red Cross and police officers were also on site.   BY THE STAR  

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