State agencies give conflicting figures on buildings earmarked for demolition

Ukay Centre a four-storey building demolished for being illegally constructed and unsafe on wetlands, riparian areas after earmarked by NEMA. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Last week, the country was treated to a spectacle when the Government moved to demolish multi-billion-shilling storey buildings believed to have been built on wetlands.

Bulldozers from the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure rolled towards the buildings, tearing them from “limb to toe” in an unprecedented move.