Court corners “Wakahare” to approve Tatu City building plans

Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu has been ordered to approve the building plans belonging to Tatu city within 30 days.

Tatu city had gone to court accusing the county government of harassment.

Justice Lucy Gacheru issued the orders following an application by Tatu City on March 12, in which the company accused the county government of refusing to approve their building plans.

The applicants are also seeking to have Kiambu County executive member or the chief officer-in-charge of Lands, Housing, Physical, Urban Development and Management committed to jail for disobeying a court order.

In court papers filed on March 12, the applicant sought an expedited ex-parte hearing after the county reportedly disregarded a court order issued on April 18, 2018, which directed the Land, Housing, and Physical Planning department to consider architectural plans within the 90-day period provided for under the Physical Planning Rules of 1998, pending determination of the case.

n February the county government, through the county secretary Martin Njogu, placed an advert in the local dailies informing all landowners and developers in the county who have not surrendered 10 percent of their land to do so.

“The Physical Planning Act states that any developer must surrender 10 percent of the land to the county government for public use. That is what we are telling Tatu City to do. Approval of building plans will be hinged on the compliance with the law,” said Waititu.

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