Audit shows 711 houses in Huruma unsafe for human habitation

Residents were last year asked to vacate some of these buildings in Huruma Estate after a block of flats collapsed and killed several tenants.[File, Standard]

Many residents of Eastlands could literally be living under the shadow of death following revelations that most of the houses there are at a risk of collapsing.

According to a report by the city’s buildings inspectorate, 640 houses in the city are very dangerous to live in, with a high number in Huruma Estate.