Motorists using the busy Outering road were Friday morning stranded after residents of Kariobangi North barricaded the road to protest demolition of their houses.
More than 5,000 people living in Nairobi’s Kariobangi sewage slum estate, Kariobangi North were Monday left homeless after the government pulled down their houses to reclaim the land.
The irate residents said the move to bring down their houses was inhumane in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. They refuted claims that they had been given adequate notice to vacate the public land meant for sewerage expansion.
They said that they have been rightfully living on the disputed land for close to 12 years now.
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The demolition of the structures was carried out by the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company
Others said they have allotment letters for the land and were awaiting the processing of title deeds.
The demolitions have been condemned with a section of Senators led by Johnson Sakaja demanding compensation for the affected families.
Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja said: “It is completely incomprehensible as to why a government would be in a rush to render thousands of families homeless at such a time when the country is facing a pandemic and citizens are being urged to stay at home. The government is contravening its own guidelines”.
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