The National Construction Sites has put on notice more than 3000 contractors in construction sites for putting up unsafe buildings and defying orders to stop construction.
Principal Secretary for Public Works Professor Paul Waringa says majority of the contractors that have defied notice to stop construction are in Huruma, Githurai and Gachie.
Speaking at a media briefing Waringa stated that the government will not relent in enforcing the law on developers endangering the public lives by building unsafe buildings.
Prof.Waringa has also said the demolition of buildings in Nairobi has not stopped and that they are still ongoing to destroy the buildings that have been build on public land and riparian land.
This comes after the Government suspended the construction of 110 buildings in 25 counties. Part of those condemned are 90 high-end residential and commercial developments.
Others are public utilities such as schools, Government offices, hospitals and churches.
According to Public Works PS Waringa, the 110 buildings represent more than 3,000 construction sites that have defied suspension notices by National Construction Authority.
“We have warned the owners of non-compliant sites but they have been defiant and declined to obey our orders,” said Prof Waringa. On the list of suspended constructions is the proposed renovation of Kenya House, a commercial building on Koinange Street in Nairobi.
The developer is said to have defied orders to stop renovation. The orders were issued last November 21.
In Kiambu County, residential projects whose construction has been suspended include Summer Green Estate, proposed residential development in Ruiru, Kinoo and Estherhill Holdings Ltd in Ruiru. Others are Digro Squared Investment in Kirigiti and a proposed residential building in Sigona on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway.
Still in the Mount Kenya region, a proposed development by Kagumo High School has been suspended for failure to adhere to safety regulations.