Construction in at least nine buildings was on Tuesday halted by the National Construction Authority (NCA) in Yatta Sub-county of Machakos for failure to comply with the authority’s regulations.
Speaking to the media after the closure of the construction projects, Lower Eastern region NCA boss Mr Stephen Mwilu said that most of the projects are money-intensive saying the owners will incur huge losses if they fail to oblige.
He said that most of them were neither registered with the authority nor did they meet the requirements for hoarding, fencing and identification of contractors through erected noticeboards designating the firm in charge of the construction.
He added that other sites had not met the proper standards for the safety of workers forcing the authority to suspend their operations for a period of 14 days within which they are supposed to comply.
“Most of the projects here are very expensive and they should be following the rules set aside but they haven’t complied with any of them. We will be forced to revoke their licenses if they don’t meet the requirements in 14 days,” Mwilu said.
The officer was accompanied by other NCA officials who vowed to continue the crackdown on rogue contractors.