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Nairobi residents' lobbies decry unplanned buildings in the city

Some of the residential flats at Pipeline Estate in Embakasi, Nairobi on August 4, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Manipulation of the online construction permit applications approval system and sham public participation meetings are some of the reasons Nairobi city is facing current urban planning challenges.

Other shortcomings are the lack of an operational Urban Planning Technical Committee and the refusal by the county to use existing laws on zoning.

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