TIMELINE: How MULYUNGI Stopped Mwingi Demolitions Disaster - In Pictures
By PATRICK KIMANZI MWINGI - Kenya Nationa Highways Authority (KeNHA) will not go ahead with earlier plans to bring down business premises earmarked for demolition in Mwingi, Wiper MP Gideon Mulyungi announced yesterday. LANDMARK : MP Mulyungi, MCAs and KeNHA officials at the Bajabar landmark building that had been earmarked for demolition. The MP has stopped the planned excercise and KeNHA opted for a by-pass ©PHOTO/PATRICK KIMANZI The plans to demolish the structures estimated to be worth close to 0.5 Billion ostensibly to make way for a standard A3 highway, were shelved after a series of marathon meetings and lobbying led by the MP pitting the powerful highways authority and the Mwingi Business Community, local media reported on Friday. The business community had elicited fears that the economy of the Mwingi town, with an estimated population of 18,000 (2019) was set for a major economic blow if the premises were to be brought down. Tsunami Grip "