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    "id": 855126,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/855126/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Lang’ata, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Nixon Korir",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 13404,
        "legal_name": "Generali Nixon Kiprotich Korir",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I, the undersigned, on behalf of the home owners of Seefar Apartments in Nyayo Highrise, Langata Constituency, draw the attention of the House to the following: THAT, Seefar Apartments registered under LR. No.209/12108 consisting of a development that comprises of 288 residential apartments is located within Nyayo Highrise Estate along Mbagathi Road and was constructed by Erdemann Property Limited in 2011. THAT, the said apartments have a total population of 1,000 people with approximately 60 per cent of the persons working and residing there being women and children. THAT, 40 per cent of homeowners of Seefar Apartments acquired mortgages with various financial institutions and are still servicing the said loans. THAT, the said apartments have been earmarked for demolition by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) under the Improvement Notice (NEMA/5/4/Vol. II) and the Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) Order Serial Number 30366. THAT, the development of the apartments was approved by NEMA vide letter Ref. No. PR/8208 dated 29th June 2011 and WARMA’s letter Ref. No. WRMA/NRB/RIPARIAN/1(56) dated 17thApril 2015. THAT, NEMA and WARMA, contrary to the initial approvals, now allege that Seefar Apartments have been constructed on riparian land that is along the Nairobi Dam and Ngong River yet the two water bodies are man-made and their management falls squarely within their management. THAT, when the matter was taken before enforcement officers to establish the said allegations, officers from NEMA and WARMA who had conducted the feasibility study failed to verify the allegations as they only conducted a visual inspection tour. THAT, on 12th October 2018, inspectors from NEMA visited the apartment and issued an improvement notice requiring Erdemann Property Limited to demolish the structure within 14 days contrary to its earlier admission that the same was not on the riparian reserve vide a Stop Order Ref. No. WRMA/NRB/RIPARIAN/1/ (55) dated 25th July 2011. THAT, the notice and order issued did not specify the provisions breached either in the Environmental Management and Coordination Authority (EMCA Cap. 387) Act or the Water Act. THAT, the impending demolition is against the spirit of the Government’s Big Four Agenda which aims at ensuring affordable housing for all Kenyans and will affect the individual home owners who innocently and wilfully bought the said houses as investment and never anticipated uncertainties. THAT, facts presented indicate that a number of properties are located within close proximity to the dam and the same have not been implicated like Seefar Apartments raising questions on the formula used by NEMA and WARMA in arriving at the decision to demolish the apartment. THAT, efforts to resolve this matter with the relevant bodies have been futile; and THAT, issues in respect of which this Petition is made are not pending before any court of law or constitutional or statutory body. Therefore, your humble Petitioners pray that the National Assembly, through the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}