{"id":21722,"date":"2026-01-13T23:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/21722\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T23:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:08:12","slug":"petitioner-wants-official-fired-over-south-c-building-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/21722\/","title":{"rendered":"Petitioner wants official fired over South C building collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/U7OtOsFWdOHZI6te4M3uwhLxXtNPd1qN0WFhSLSV.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nNairobi County&#8217;s Chief Officer for Urban Development and Planning Patrick Analo Akivaga. [File, Standard]<\/p>\n<p class=\"card-text\">A petition has been filed at the High Court seeking the immediate suspension of Nairobi County&#8217;s Chief Officer for Urban Development and Planning following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/real-estate\/article\/2001538041\/architect-reveals-lapses-that-failed-ill-fated-building\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the deadly collapse<\/a> of a 14-storey building in South C Estate that claimed two lives.\n<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Analo Akivaga faces accusations of dereliction of duty for allegedly permitting construction to proceed without mandatory approvals from the county&#8217;s building department.<\/p>\n<p>\n                        Uncover the stories others won\u2019t tell. Subscribe now for exclusive access\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    Unlimited access to all premium content<br \/>\n                    Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience<br \/>\n                    Mobile-optimized reading experience<br \/>\n                    Weekly Newsletters<br \/>\n                    MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nairobi County&#8217;s Chief Officer for Urban Development and Planning Patrick Analo Akivaga. [File, Standard] A petition has been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[80,3765,13526],"class_list":{"0":"post-21722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-kenya","9":"tag-nairobi-county","10":"tag-south-c-building-collapsesouth-c-building"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}