Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has written to the National Land Commission seeking the revocation of land title deeds in wetland areas in the county.
The directive from City Hall aims to discourage greedy individuals from arbitrarily erecting substandard structures along the blacklisted sites that may spell doom for tenants.
Speaking at City Hall, the county boss made it clear that demolition of unsafe buildings shall continue as scheduled, noting that after the expiry of the one-week ultimatum for tenants to relocate to alternative accommodation, no mercy shall be accorded to the directive's defaulters.
The governor added that developers whose structures have not yet been approved are urgently required to do so by making submissions for regularisation, failure to which his government will take necessary steps.
The new development comes at a time after a tragic incident in Huruma Estate when a building erected on the banks of Nairobi River collapsed killing 52 people.
At the moment, City Hall is implementing a safety exercise to ascertain and mark unsafe buildings across the city that shall finally be demolished in a move to curb future incidents of collapsed buildings.