Scavengers raid estates as demolition dust settlesDemolished rental houses in Nyamavilla estate in Kayole, Nairobi. Patiently, he developed it into a four-storey flat, which, he says, could have fetched Sh30 million currently if sold. Hundreds of youth had also been ferried by lorries and ran riot in the entire estate, breaking doors and looting. Hundreds of youth, armed with new hacksaws and crowbars, have now descended on the wasteland in search of scrap metal. By the time The Standard team left he was in the process of selling 20 1,000-litre tanks, sinks and taps from the building.

Source: Standard Digital December 24, 2018 10:30 UTC