Why we reject the national building code 2024 as it is

Cordoned off Epsom View Apartment in Uthiru, Nairobi County that sank on May 07,2024. All tenants who lived in the building are accounted for. The building is said to have been marked by National Construction Authority but the owners ignored. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

About three years ago, at the peak of discussions on what was then the national building code draft document, I wrote an article casting doubts on whether the National Construction Authority was capable of achieving a progressive building code for the 21st Century.

I postulated that the sector looked primely set to fall back into the rut of inertia and it was foolhardy to put undue hopes on the then ongoing 'stakeholders' engagements.