Demolition of Nairobi’s Airgate Mall Begins
The demolition of Airgate Mall, formerly Taj Mall in Nairobi's Embakasi area began on Saturday morning.
The demolition is part of the ongoing crackdown on structures erected on road reserves and riparian land, which is being supervised by the Nairobi Regeneration Committee.
The flattening of the shopping complex located along Outer Ring Road comes after the 14-day notice issued to its owner, billionaire Rameshchandra Govino Gorasia last month elapsed. The exercise kicked off at about 6:30 am with heavy police presence in the area.
Last month, Gorasia vowed not to bring down the building as ordered in the two-week notice and dared the government to flatten it itself.
“I am saying this openly to any authority, I am not going to remove this structure, not even to my death! If they want to remove it, they come and do it themselves,” an irate Gorasia said at the time.
“Whoever is ordering this demolition stop hiding, come out and face me, I am not scared of anything,” he added.
Some other buildings demolished in the ongoing operation in Nairobi include South End Mall, Java House and Shell Petrol Station in Kileleshwa, as well as a section of Hindu Religious Centre, Oshwal in Parklands.
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The America government can…
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The America government can never allow a MALL be constructed on a allocated road reserve.Never.
That is what people with BIG BRAINS do.They follow the law.
Kenyans in America Invest in America.
The American government does not let people buy grabbed land,build Malls on road reserves, let churches build on grabbed land and approve construction of buildings on riparian land.
Hallelujah!
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Hallelujah!
Hallelujah , finally,…
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Hallelujah , finally, hopefully the service road will be completed and no more traffic bottleneck
What a loss.I really feel…
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What a loss.I really feel for the owner.
People should not be allowed to build on road reserves.
Impunity is a very expensive system of living.People who practice impunity belong in jail.
Uhuruto must go. And the people who approved that building belong in jail.
@Diana, he must have given…
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In reply to What a loss.I really feel… by Diana (not verified)
@Diana, he must have given huge bribes to be allowed to build in a road reserve. Without bribes he could not have build there.
@Diana this buildings were…
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@Diana this buildings were build when Uhuru wasn’t even in politics such?So Uhuru is cleaning the Shit which was illegally done so I don’t get it when u state he needs to go yet he is the one seen trying to fix the mess?Can the USA ur praising go build roads hospitals schools which they illegally brot dwn in Syria,Libya and Iraq???They may not allow buildings to b build in usa illegally but they r ranked high in impunity of destroying other nations investments.Tell me am lying coz u seems to worship n praise this mzungu so so much.Ru Those black girls who skinned their skin to b white so u can look like them???
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