Why court sided with Lavington residents to stop 16-storey apartment project

Metricon Home Nairobi Properties Limited at site clearing to start construction. Environment Court has blocked the developer from putting up 512 housing units at one acre property in Lavington in a battle over County zoning regulations. [Muthoni Kamau, Standard]

The Court of Appeal has barred a contractor from building an apartment of 512 units in an environment conservation battle filed by Lavington residents.

Court of Appeal Judges Wanjiru Karanja, Kathurima M'inoti, and Lydia Achode unanimously agreed that the Mbaazi Residents Association and Millennium Gardens residents' concern that Nairobi County, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) had illegally allowed the construction of the 16 floors apartments beyond the zoning regulations was genuine.