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Surveyors raise alarm over substandard buildings in Nairobi

Dangerously leaning five-storey residential building in Kinoo, Kiambu County. [File, Standard]

Surveyors have raised an alarm over substandard houses being constructed in the city.

According to the Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya (IQSK), the developers sought the services of unlicensed persons to cut construction costs.

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