Kisumu residents have challenged Governor Jack Ranguma to set up a taskforce team to conduct an audit on the residential storey buildings in the town’s estates.
A residential storey building had collapsed in Nairobi’s Huruma estate on Sunday night, leading to loss of lives, destruction of property and scores of people being injured.
Nairobi Governor Dr.EvansKidero said that the county government was setting up a task force to do an audit of Eastleigh estate’s buildings, a move that has led to Kisumu residents demanding that their governor does the same.
“The number of residential storey buildings being built in Kisumu is really on the rise and we are also wondering who is currently conducting an audit on them. If you conduct a spot check in Polyview, Migosi and Manyatta areas in Kisumu, you will see many buildings being brought up by various landlords. This is the reason why we need an audit in these estates,” said Audi.
Manyatta Youth Bunge Chairman Benson Onoka asked Ranguma to follow Nairobi’s government example and conduct a thorough audit on the town’s residential estates so as to prevent the collapsing of buildings in the future.
He said, “Our county government should see into how the lives of residents can be safeguarded by doing what Nairobi government has vowed to do in Eastleigh estate. This is the only way the county government can stop such acts.”
They were speaking to the press at Kisumu Hotel today.