Distillery now wants estate demolished

Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i (second left) with Erdemann Property managing director John Yang after the company cleared ground for Great Wall Gardens apartments at Athi River.

A raging row between an alcoholic drinks manufacturer and a multi-billion-shilling housing development in Athi River is set to escalate after the former contested a closure order.

National Environment Management Authority (Nema) ordered the London Distillers factory on the outskirts of Nairobi closed more than a year ago following numerous complaints from the residents of Great Wall Gardens owned by Edermann Property Ltd.