We hope promises after Huruma were not mere rhetoric

The debate on enforcement of building regulations, or lack of the same, is one that closely mirrors that of managing floods. It comes up periodically and is then promptly forgotten, until another building buries more people.

Every time a building collapses, the script is the same; one can even recite it from memory. The government (county and/or national) comes out issuing warnings and ultimatums to everyone and no one. Regulatory bodies on the other hand call endless Press conferences characterised by finger wagging and denials. The citizens who occupied questionable structures are not left behind; usually, with the 'serikali saidia' line.