Embu County Assembly buildings risk collapse if rains hit

Public Works officials when they toured the ongoing construction of a Sh335million County Assembly of Embu MCA’s office complex. The complex was temporarily halted by the Embu High Court pending hearing and determination of a case by two county residents to have the project abolished. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

Legislative business at the local assembly may grind to a halt when El Nino comes because the buildings may collapse.

Speaker Kariuki Mate confirmed that county engineers had warned that the assembly may be forced to shut its operations indefinitely due to the risk of collapse of its buildings.