Mombasa governor taken to task over allocation of Buxton Estate houses

Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir before the Senate's Committee on Roads, Housing and Transportation in regards to evictions arising from the demolitions of Buxton estate, Mvita constituency, Mombasa county. (Elvis Ogina, Standard)

Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir has been criticised by Senators over failure to allocate new housing units to 522 former tenants of Buxton Estate who vacated the old houses to allow the construction of the new homes.

Nassir, who appeared before the Senate Roads, Transport and Housing Committee on Thursday, was hard pressed to explain why his administration had failed to abide by a resolution of the Senate to have former tenants allocated units.