Kenyan Economy to Suffer Sh500 Billion Loss if Gov't Demolishes 5,000 Illegal Buildings, Balala Says
The Kenyan economy would suffer Sh500 billion loss if the planned demolition of 5,000 illegal buildings goes ahead, Nairobi Regeneration Committee says.
Speaking when he appeared before the Senate Lands Committee, the Nairobi Regeneration team co-Chairman Najib Balala says 5,000 buildings sitting on riparian land and road reserve are earmarked for demolition.
Balala, who is also the Cabinet Secretary for Tourism, says the Regeneration Committee is advising against going ahead with the demolitions.
“The value of demolition of those buildings will be Sh500 billion; that would be major destruction on the economy; so, before the multi-agency proceeds, I will caution that a serious discussion on policy, compensation, litigation, and action should be taken as a priority,” Balala says.
The Senate Committee led by Chairperson Senator Paul Githiomi (Nyandarua) has asked the team to be fair to the innocent Kenyans who have invested their money and have legal documents for the buildings.
“It is so unfair that those bearing the pain and loss on all these demolitions are the ordinary and innocent Kenyans who were legally allowed to build those structures yet the government officials who issued those licenses are yet to face the law. We want to see justice served to the Kenyans,” Githiomi says.
Balala says President Kenyatta is committed to making sure that government officials involved in the issuance of building approvals for the structures are brought to book.
“Chair and members I want to assure you that this matter is as sensitive to us as it is to you; the President is also really concerned about those innocent Kenyans and I want to reiterate his commitment in dealing with any official who in one way or another was involved in allowing the construction of buildings on riparian land, “says Balala.
Housing Principal Secretary Hinga Mwaura has assured that no building will be flattened until a detailed report on the validity of the exercise is authenticated.
So far the government has demolished a number of expensive buildings in Nairobi including Southend Mall, Java restaurant and Shell Petrol Station in Kileleshwa, Ukay Centre, Airgate Mall, and Grand Manor Hotel in Gigiri.
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Doing the right thing or…
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Doing the right thing or fighting corruption is very painful so zote ziletwe chini we don't give a shit.If it's illegally done fixed it by bringing all of them dwn.Start with weston hotel.All this illegal buildings r for pple with cash n they have already made cash especially if it's appartments juu they were collecting rent?N if u stop them u have to pay for the onces already demolished which r worth billions too n return their land.I repeat mr balala wr fighting corruption n it's painful.Zote zianguke the economy will bounce back.China demolished more over 3m illegal buildings reclaiming the parks,water ways n watch china today??Its doing very well n ready to b superpowers of the world.
I didn't know Balala was a…
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In reply to Doing the right thing or… by mkenya halisi (not verified)
I didn't know Balala was a Corrupt FOOL. Bure kabisa.😬
Starting with Weston Hotel.
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In reply to Doing the right thing or… by mkenya halisi (not verified)
Starting with Weston Hotel.
Can Balala tell us how many…
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In reply to Doing the right thing or… by mkenya halisi (not verified)
Can Balala tell us how many Trillions (more than Billions) Kenya's Economy has lost on Corruption during Obako and UhuRuto's reigns?
We know some people have…
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We know some people have died when some building fall on them. What is the value of the lives which have been lost or will be lost?
@Kenya ..... The value of…
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In reply to We know some people have… by Kenya (not verified)
@Kenya ..... The value of the lives which have been lost is ∫[f(x)−g(x)]dx= ∫f(x)dx−∫g(x)dx. This is slightly less than the value of the lives that will be lost which is ∫sin3xdx= 13cos3x−cosx+C= 112cos3x−34cosx+C. However, the combined value of the lives lost and those that will be lost is ∫x√ax+bdx= 2(3ax−2b)15a2(ax+b)3/2 +C. I hope this helps. Have a good day
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Balala is thinking only of Money that could be lost.Very shallow, how about the laws that have been broken, how about the bribes that exchanged hands,how about lives that have been lost?
How many billions have we lost in corruption deals Mr. Balala. Yes lets to the right thing,and destroy these illegally constructed building. These should be abig lesson to those who build illegally.Unfortunately innocent wananchi will have to suffer,that's "collateral damage" unavoidable for electing crooks.Now the whole society has to pay for the evil ways of these crooks. Nipping them in the bud is the only way to stop these corruption bleeding.Otherwise we shall be revisiting this kind of issues every few years.My two cents.
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Mr Balala!. You are concerned about one individual citizen, what about other Kenyans, remember some of these lands were for recreation and other things benefiting mwananchi. You are concerned of loosing billions but billions lost through corruption is not questioned. Sorry to say that some of this land are got through corruption. Your point is strengthening corruption sorry to say.
Balala is one of the corrupt…
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Balala is one of the corrupt CSs and should have been sacked already
@Balala, who do you work for…
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@Balala, who do you work for? Who are you fighting for? Whose interest are you representing? Some I&£#?s should NEVER hold public office.....hyenas in sheep clothing.
@Balala, who do you work for…
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@Balala, who do you work for? Who are you fighting for? Whose interest are you representing? Some I&£#?s should NEVER hold public office.....hyenas in sheep clothing.
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