Railway demolitions leave some Dagoretti residents homeless
Property worth thousands of shillings was demolished in Dagoretti early this month to pave the rehabilitation meter-gauge railway.
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Dozens of residents were left homeless following the demolitions.
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Residents salvage what was left following the demolitions.
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In July, the government announced plans to rehabilitate the Sh3.8 billion medium meter-gauge railway, noting that the Kenya Railways Corporation had issued a vacate notice to the business community.
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Tenants maintained that they never received the vacate notice, saying they were given a six-hour notice to vacate their premises.
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Police officers were on the ground to provide security during the demolitions.
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The corporation is also planning to demolish all illegal structures built on the railway reserve land countrywide.
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A report from the Office of the Auditor General on Kenya Railways Corporation, dated shows that several plots countrywide are occupied by illegal developers, without its authority, County Governments or defunct local authorities.
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The report gives the example of Limuru Railway Station constituting nine industrial plots, three acres of land within Kikuyu Railway station.
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