A dilapidated and dangerous Murang’a police station will be closed in 90 days if it is not renovated.
Some cells are collapsing and the toilets crumbling.
The floors have deep cracks running to the walls and some support pillars on verandas are loose.
The department of public health issued the directive last month during a random inspection.
Sources who requested anonymity told the Star staff ignored the department’s letter calling for renovations last year.
The sources said some sections of the police station were condemned for demolition.
Area police boss Johnstone Limo confirmed receiving the letter.
Speaking at his office yesterday, he said the station in Murang’a town is one of the oldest in the country, which explains the cracks in most buildings.
Limo said the letter required him to demolish the cells and build new ones.
“They also want me to tile all the offices and repair all the cracked offices. The police quarters also need to be renovated as they are cracked,” he said.
Limo said a tree fell on police houses last year, making them uninhabitable.
They will be rebuilt, he said.
Limo said he has been asked to replace the asbestos roofing, since asbestos is a carcinogen.
He said he had written to the Deputy Inspector General requesting funds.
“Some of the damage we will be repairing happened even before we came to this station,” Limo said.