Kayole Woman Painfully Wails By River Bank After Demolition Of Her House: "Nihurumieni"

• The demolitions started after the government's move to start reclaiming riparian reserves in Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong Rivers
• The woman in the video said they were unaware of the demolitions and had not picked anything from their houses
• The woman begged a police officer overseeing the demolitions to allow her to pick her belongings from the house, but the cries fell on deaf ears

As the government continues to reclaim the riparian lands in Nairobi, the residents of Kayole are the latest victims of demolitions.

According to the video, the woman lamented that she had not been informed about the impending demolitions and was, therefore, unable to transfer her belongings to a safer place.

"We were not informed of the demolitions. Hata hatujatoa vitu, tuhurumieni Mungu wangu(Have mercy on us please, we have not even picked our belongings)," the woman painfully cried.

Residents watch their houses demolished

The woman could not hold her pain as she watched a bulldozer bring down her house.

From a distance, an emotional boy, visibly deep in thought, watched helplessly as their house was reduced to nothing.

Women knelt before police watching over the demolitions, pleading with them to stop the demolitions of their houses.

Netizens' reactions to the demolitions

Koech said:

"The administration has to rethink."

X Dame said:

"Too bad, sad and mad."

Jay J said:

"Why is Ruto destroying property in slum areas only? Poor people don't find themselves in slums or on riparian land. Corrupt administrators create slums, not the tenants suffering now at the expense of greedy rich."

Chienjo Jnr said:

"None of their elected officials can dare speak lest they be ejected from the convey belt of tenders and access to helicopters... spot on."

Why are the houses being demolished?

Earlier Interior CS Kithure Kindiki had warned that the government would not take lightly those residents who have refused to move from the riparian areas.

Kindiki said the government will not condone farming activities and residing in riparian areas.

He additionally said that the government would forcefully evict those who would not obey the directive to vacate voluntarily.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke

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Ongoing demolitions in Kayole.

Kayole Woman Painfully Wails by River Bank after Demolition of Her

An elderly Kikuyu woman wails in Kayole after a bulldozer descended on