Hundreds of families in Nairobi's Pipeline Embakasi slum have been left homeless after their homes were demolished for allegedly encroaching into land belonging to a private developer. Police have had to use tear gas to repulse angry residents who fought the demolition squad which descended on the village this morning under the watchful eye of the police as residents struggled to salvage their belongings. Families watched in disbelief as their houses were flattened by the bulldozers. Emotions ran high in the informal settlement located near Imara Daima estate in Embakasi with residents claiming influential land owners were behind the demolitions