Airgate centre demolished
Two weeks ago, Gorasia was ordered by the National Land Commission (NLC) to surrender his title deed.
According to the NLC, the mall was built on an amalgamated title for land -LR 209/13938- which was initially two separate plots.
The first one was LR No. 7075/13/1, a reserve for Outer-Ring Road, and the other was LR 7075/24 which is private property.
Through a statement, the Commission confirmed receiving a complaint on 14th June 2013, from Kenya Urban Roads Authority requesting it to review grants for parcels located along Outer-Ring Road to determine their legality or propriety.
It stated: “The (amalgamated) title 209/13938 should be surrendered to the commission for regularisation and excision of 7075/13/1 which is vested in the national government for road expansion."
In his first time appearance in public last month, Gorasia invoked God’s name in his defence after reality of the impending demolition sunk in.
“God is watching. Whoever wants to mess my life, it’s okay. God will punish them,
” he said upon receiving a 15-day vacate notice from the Multi-Sectoral Committee on Unsafe Structures.
The building has been blamed for the mess that is Outering Road.
Taj Mall/Airgate centre building in Embakasi being demolished.
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The owner Ramesh Gorasia on Saturday condemned the demolition of his building, faulting those who approved its construction.
He added that he had a genuine title deed and acquired all the paperwork legally.
“They gave approvals based on the title deed which was genuine and the land rates which were all paid.
“All I will say is that it is wrong to demolish this mall that people purportedly say was built on a road reserve,” he told journalists.
Gorasia maintained that he is not at fault and urged the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) to investigate county officials who approved the mall’s construction.
Demolitions at the mall started early Saturday morning and there was heavy police presence to ward off looters.
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