Chairman of Kisumu Business Coalition Israel Agina has urged Kisumu County residents to avoid building on top of sewer lines.
Chairman Agina on Monday said that this is in line with the Kisumu Urban Project (KUP) regulations which forbids people from building on unsafe grounds.
“As we improve on amenities such as schools, hospitals and markets, we should ensure that we build away from sewer lines to avoid damaging them,” said Agina adding there is also a plan to rebrand buildings in Kisumu so that most of them face the lake and not the hills.
He expressed fear that plans to set up multi-family units to replace the existing single units could tamper with the sewer lines, and therefore urged developers to be very keen and do a thorough research with NEMA and the county government before the build any structure.
“For developers to avoid losses in future, they should abide by these rules for their houses not to be demolished on claims that they are built on sewers,” said Agina.
He also warned residents against throwing of dead animals in sewer lines saying that most of the blockages in town are attributed to such unbecoming act.
“We cannot blame KIWASCO for the sewer blockages within the county yet the residents are the cause of it poor condition. We need to be responsible when disposing our solid wastes and dead animals,” added Agina.
Recently the town has had sewer blockages and leaking sewages in most estates and also within the CBD.