Uproar After Nairobi Woman Complains Of Her Fence Damaged By Construction Of Building
She lamented that the opening poses a threat to not just her safety but to those of children playing on her compound
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Uproar ensued on Tuesday, April 2 after a woman living in Nairobi raised an alarm after she returned home to find a hole made in her fence right in front of a building under construction.
The woman, a communication strategist going by the moniker @Rayshery on X, shared a 23-second clip showcasing the damage done to her fence next to her residence in Westlands, Nairobi.
She lamented that the opening poses a threat to not just her safety but to those of children playing on her compound as well as buildings neighbouring the residence, questioning if she was safe while living in the capital city.
"The development in Nairobi is surely a menace! Just got back home to find we don’t have a fence! The danger it brings to kids and the neighbouring buildings is unfathomable!
Screengrab of a hole made in a fence next to a building under construction in Westlands, Nairobi on April 2, 2024. /RAYSHERY
"Mind you this is School Lane right after Sarit! Where are we safe if not our home??" she posed.
Her sentiments sparked uproar on the social media platform with Kenyans pointing accusatory fingers towards the contractors as well as the county and national governments for turning a blind eye on the day-to-day safety of Kenyans.
"And nobody cares. The country is degenerating at an abnormal rate. There is no standard of safety anywhere.
"Kenyans are so much used to accidents/deaths nowadays they do not bother to even fix open sewer manholes that can swallow a whole tyre on the middle of urban roads," Bernard Koech wrote.
Others believed that this was an effect of a rapidly growing Nairobi population leading to rapid construction of both residential and commercial buildings at the expense of road-friendly features such as walkways for pedestrians.
"Mwanzo at school lane there are even no walking pathways. Pedestrians fighting for space with cars daily! Very soon we will have an urban-to-rural migration crisis," Jeff Kinyanjui, a journalist, weighed in.
One of the users inquired what was being built in the area, to which Ray revealed that a 25-storey building was under construction. The site is near a primary school.
Many users unanimously lamented that this was a disaster waiting to happen, with the Nairobi County government yet to respond to the matter by the time of publishing this story.
This notably comes amidst controversy surrounding Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja's announcement that his administration removed the floor limit for landlords constructing high-rise residential apartments in the capital city following the green light given by the Kenya Kwanza government.
"Before there was a restriction on the heights of apartments especially close to the airport from the Eastleigh airbase coming down this way. I asked the president, while we were opening the houses at Kiambio and Bahati, that the reason there was an airbase built was to evacuate the president in case of an emergency," Sakaja said during a church service in Makadara on Sunday, March 24.
"I told the President that if he tries that he will be stuck in traffic. You cannot be evacuated through Eastleigh anymore. I am happy the height restriction has been removed we are going to go up to 25 floors in these houses we are building."
After his revelation that tall buildings will now be constructed in areas such as Eastleigh, Kileleshwa and Lavington, Sakaja added that the constructions might go higher in other areas around the city.
"We have proposed an area-specific zoning framework that goes up to 75 floors in some areas. It is before the assembly,” Sakaja posted on X
However, over 26 professional and resident groups in Nairobi opposed Sakaja's plan arguing that it goes against the law and harms the environment. Some residents feared that the move would catastrophically fail if the government did not address the existing challenges of water and traffic.
Others also suggested that the government address the transport system within the Nairobi metropolis so that people can choose to live in satellite towns as they work in Nairobi.
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