‘Looters have Stolen items worth sh 3million from Taj Mal!l’ Owner Laments

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The owner of the Airgate Centre, formerly known as Taj Mall, claims he lost items worth Sh3 million to looters on Saturday.

This even as the demolition of the building – valued at about Sh7.2 billion – continued under tight security.

According to Julius Wanjau, the officer in charge of the operation, it will take the team between 10 and 14 days to completely flatten the multi-storey building.

It is being pulled down by the Nairobi regeneration team for standing on a road reserve. Ramesh Gorasia said that rowdy youth broke into his Rams supermarket and looted items.

Other valuable items were also destroyed.

“We are still doing stock-taking before we come up with the exact figure but it is somewhere between Sh2.5million and Sh3 million,” Gorasia said.

On Saturday, the rowdy youths overwhelmed the police officers and broke into the building. They stole metal wires and other items that they came across.

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