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Government repossess grabbed Dandora land

Photo|Courtesy: A file image of a building being demolished


The government is recovering 1,214 hectares of land grabbed from Dandora Estate Waste Sewerage Treatment Plant in Ruai.
According to a statement signed by Joseph W. Irungu, principal secretary water, sanitation and irrigation Dr. Nicholas Muraguri, Principal Secretary lands and physical planning, the plant serves as the only waste water treatment plant for the city and its first phase of construction began in 1975.

The repossession has come as the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation strains to handle sewerage needs and water supply to the 9.3 million residents of the Nairobi metropolitan area.

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