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Let me tell you something, if you walk in the city surbubs hapo kwenyu majuu, you will realize that houses are built right close to the river/canals like shown up there in Hururma.

With technology, all is possible.

Tal a walk to NYC suburbs and Amsterdam canals...we have houses which were built 200 years ago by the water canals and still standing strong.

What might have made this house to sink is simply poor workmanship! Please deposit this to #Kumisa Sacco in Kiambu.

Now for Home Science graduates like @washiku and you,that house had a poor foundation, they used normal cement in an area which is 100% waterlogged year round...so what happened? The structure slowly sipped water by way of capilarity (Home science grads can google)...the structure became waterlogged and soggey like cabbage airport...then on the ultimate day,the structure simply gave in to its own weight.

Hiyo story ya riparian ambiya dimwits...if the guy built on a grabbed riparian sawa, jail him...but the house did not crumble because it was built on a river.

West-ket and Nakumatt UK are built inside the same river, they havent crumbled...I am sure they used the right cement and skill.

Beat me up now.

I agree with the above. Europeans have been building in the "riparian zone" for hundreds of years bila shida. Maybe we need to learn the skills from them.

We in Kenya have the skills. This disaster is not due to lack of building skills.

On this note when that ka mini mall opens hapo opp T mall we should all boycott going huko..

I will only go there if they sell some good fried and crunchy gizzards!

https://twitter.com/Radi...atus/727479473604534272

Teargas, chaos as @RailaOdinga @Wetangulam and @skmusyoka arrive at the #HurumaTragedy scene.

@Masukuma, I sympathise with you. May you never ever have to make tough decisions like " Do I eat this mouldy bread or go without food?"

In my opinion, Kidero and his boys n girls are to blame. It is there duty to make sure such buildings are not constructed and if they are, they should not be habited.

Secondly, blame the owners. However, I wonder what will happen in law when owners present NEMA certificates and building plans duly authorised by Kanju.

You are missing the point. I concur with you that the entire establishment has let down the people living in this building and many others accross the city and even Kenya.

The point is, lets identify specific individuals within the authorities whose signatures are on the documents and have them take individual responsibilities for the tragedy.

Use a simple checklist:
1. For the owners; did they follow the building codes, which professionals did they use and were they convinced that the building is stable, did they perform regular inspections etc
2. For the contractor/architect, did he follow their professional building codes, do they have relevant training to construct such a building
3. Authorities (the responsible officer here and not everyone); did they approve the building plans, do the building plans meet minimum requirements, did the building follow the codes, was the building location within law etc

This is because if we insist on accusing the establishment, then the case becomes too complicated to prove, we are then left with nothing. But if we focus on small steps where we narrow our focus to the individuals responsible, then other people in their position quickly learn that you pay for your sins as an individual (just like you will in heaven/hell)

The building was not approved, so we do not have architects, engineers or authorities involved, its just a guy who took some crazy risk to make some coins.