Nairobi estate demolitions came at the wrong time

Residents of Kariobangi Sewage estate woke to the sound of bulldozers demolishing their houses on Monday.

This came two weeks after the reclamation of 1,600 acres in Ruai that the Government had set aside for the expansion of the Dandora Treatment Plant. The official position is that the Kariobangi land belongs to the Nairobi City Water Sewerage Company, but some residents disagree. Indeed, some have produced title deeds as proof of ownership. That only serves to amplify the rot at the Lands ministry and by extension, the National Lands Commission.