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City Hall's Pangani night eviction

by The Star

Big-read16 July 2019 - 11:22

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Pangani residents spent their night in the cold after a forceful eviction by City Hall.

The tenants were living in houses in an area targeted for the county's affordable housing project under President Uhuru Kenyatta's Big 4 agenda.

According to the tenants, county officers arrived shortly before midnight with a bulldozer and ordered them to move out immediately.

The tenants admitted to having been given a verbal notice whose deadline was July 3 but were caught unawares by Monday's eviction.

They left with no choice but to start moving their household items as they looked for safe places to shelter through the night.

The forceful eviction was done to pave way for construction of 14-storey buildings as part of the county's affordable housing project.

Pangani evictions

By the end of May, 24 of the 48 tenants had received their Sh600,000 cheques to seek alternative residences.

The 12.5 acres for Phase One in Pangani is valued at Sh4 billion and construction will cost Sh25 billion.

Pangani Estate was chosen as the pilot and Technofin Kenya contracted to redevelop 1,434 units.

In May this year, the county had given the tenants up to July 31 to vacate the houses.

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