Businesses bulldozed to save Nairobi River

An excavator demolishes a Java coffee house in Kileleshwa, Nairobi. A Shell petrol station was also brought down. Nema and and the Kenya Urban Roads  Authority are pulling down buildings on river valleys and road reserves. [John Muchucha, Standard]

An upscale restaurant and a petrol station were the first casualties of demolitions by Nairobi River Regeneration Committee, targeting apartments and businesses along Nairobi River.

Java Coffee House and Shell Petrol Station on Ring Road in Kileleshwa were demolished by the multi-agency operation targeting illegal structures in the city. The exercise, which began at 5.30am, inflicted heavy losses on traders.