13th August, 2018
Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu now wants the government to "move or remove" rivers away from houses instead of demolishing buildings on riparian land.
Demolition of structures built on riparian land in Nairobi enters a third week with the multi-agency team behind the flattening of buildings going back to Kileleshwa.
Waititu has suggested that owners of property that were built on riparian land should foot the bill for the removal of rivers away from building.
The Kenyan online community shared their sentiments on Governor Waititu's logic terming it as as unsound and unrealistic.
"Governor Waititu wants the demolitions stopped and instead, the rivers to be moved! YES YOU HEARD ME, He wants the rivers to be moved instead. Mnasemanga namuonea (You normally say it's a witchunt)?" a user online said.
National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) communications officer Evans Nyabuto said the demolitions will continue and the exercise will move back to Kileleshwa to bring down some walls that had been left by the owners.