Nairobi buildings approval department now disbanded

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Nairobi buildings approval department now disbanded

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The newly installed Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) has disbanded City Hall’s planning and technical committee and suspended processing of applications for residential and commercial building plans.

Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) director general Mohamed Abdalla said all development applications filed after March 18 at Nairobi City County Government that were at various stages of approval stand nullified and will have to be filed afresh at NMS.

All applications should continue to be filed to NMS DG’s office at KICC first floor,” said a public notice published on Wednesday

The move adversely hurts prospects of providing new jobs for skilled and unskilled construction workers in Nairobi as well as environment experts and related construction material dealers.

Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) said the city management’s failure to expeditiously deal with the applications adversely hurt the construction sector’s contribution to the national economy.

On Wednesday, Major General (retired) Abdalla said a new committee to oversee the building approval process will be constituted in seven days.

Source: Business Daily

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