The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) and the National Building Inspectorate will launch an audit of buildings to ensure safety amid rising cases of collapsed structures.
This follows a meeting by the two agencies last week ahead of the building integrity and safety audit in Nairobi.
According to NMS, the inspection will focus on the structural integrity and safety of the buildings in the capital city with the NMS Directorate of Lands, Housing and Urban Development spearheading the exercise.
“The exercise will also entail sensitisation and technical training of county government and national government staff on building audit and inspection to verify structural integrity and safety of buildings within Nairobi,” said NMS.
The new development comes after Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia in December last year ordered the National Building Inspectorate (NBI) to bring down all buildings which have been declared unsafe in various parts of the country.
He said about 4,000 houses were found unsafe for human habitation in a recent audit carried out by the inspectorate. – Business Daily
