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More multi-billion-shilling properties to be demolished

An excavator demolishes the Southend mall Building along Langata road in Nairobi on August 8, 2018. National Environmental Authority (NEMA) is currently demolishing buildings along the Nairobi River bed. [Gilbert Otieno/Starndard]

An upscale shopping mall, a luxury hotel and high-end apartments are among thousands of properties earmarked for demolition.

Yesterday, Southend Mall along Lang’ata Road was brought down on grounds that it was built on riparian land.

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