Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung’wa has asked Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko to fearlessly continue with demolitions on riparian land.
The MP wants the Nairobi governor not to listen to critics opposing the demolitions.
Speaking in Nairobi on Sunday, the MP said that the Nairobi governor has President Uhuru Kenyatta’s nod and should not fear.
Ichung’wa said that the fight to save riparian land is important than the interests of few politicians.
“Governor Sonko should not look back in the fight to reclaim riparian land in the city,” he told journalists at Prayers Beyond Borders church in Nairobi.
The legislator while lauding the exercise asked the multi-agency team to extend it to other counties.
He said that unscrupulous businessmen have encroached on rivers and public land meant for road expansions and development.
Ichung’wa asked politicians to stop politicising the demolitions.
He, however, called on the government to intervene and help innocent owners of buildings that were approved by government officials get compensation.
“In cases where innocent developers were duped by corrupt government officials through approvals I think they should be compensated,” he said.
The demolition on riparian land resumes this week with Taj shopping mall among the buildings set to be demolished.
A two weeks’ notice to occupants of the mall has been issued out asking them to vacate.
Deputy President William Ruto’s Weston hotel along Lang’ata road could also be demolished if it is found to be on riparian land or road reserve.