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Tenants defy President Uhuru’s order to vacate faulty buildings in Nairobi

Rental houses in Huruma, Nairobi in a picture taken on May 02,2016 after a house collapsed last week Friday killing over 20 people and injuring others. Usage of poor building materials has been blamed for such tragedies in the city. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

It is business as usual three days after the President ordered tenants of condemned buildings in Huruma to vacate.

A man living with his family in one of the houses said they have neither received notice from their landlord to vacate the premises nor notice of how to access their deposit.

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