Greedy developers and corrupt county leaders killing our cities

EÀCC CEO Abdi Ahmed Mohamud and Director Field Services Jackson Mue before the Senate County Public Account Committee at Bunge Tower, Nairobi on March 10, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

This column is more personal than usual. This week’s Commission on Administrative Justice (Ombudsman) ruling in the case of Coldstone Investment Ltd Vs Khaleej Towers Ltd created a buzz in my home and several neighbourhoods negatively impacted by building and planning violations.

When my family moved into a two-storey Kilimani home with a small garden, we were surrounded by three family bungalows, mature trees, sunlight and the sounds of birds. Fifteen years later, we are boxed in by 150 new high‑rise apartments, our humble compound has more trees than our neighbours combined, and we have lost over 60 per cent of the sunshine.