DP Ruto calls for tightening of construction regulations

By: OLIVE BURROWS 1 min read
Ruto said the relevant departments should monitor all construction works to ensure safety standards are adhered to/DPPS
Ruto said the relevant departments should monitor all construction works to ensure safety standards are adhered to/DPPS

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 2 – Deputy President William Ruto has called on county governments to tighten construction regulations to avoid a repeat of Friday night’s Huruma building collapse.

Ruto said the relevant departments should monitor all construction works to ensure safety standards are adhered to.

“We must make sure that we have buildings that meet the required specifications so that we avoid loss of lives and property,” Ruto said.

Meanwhile, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has reiterated that they will arrest and prosecute anyone found to have aided and abetted those guilty of constructing buildings which fall short of safety standards.

“Nobody will be allowed to bring insecurity to this country”, Nkaissery said.

The two made the calls during a church service in Kajiado as Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero laid the blame for the Huruma building collapse that has so far left 21 families bereaved on graft, tribal politics and the courts.

OLIVE BURROWS

OLIVE BURROWS

With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.