Christine Mukami

A day in the life
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[✶ @uxcel]

the silence after surviving a day that no one knew was hard

[Kavuli M. Bernard, FCH @BernardKavuli]

This is the KDF thug who shot and killed Eric Shieni.

Do you know him by his name? Let's expose him.

Circulate widely.

[Pauline Njoroge @paulinenjoroge]

Not only have hawkers been moved out of CBD, but various backstreet alleys have also been cleaned, and all manners of hanging sign boards that were making the place look like a market removed. You can now stand somewhere and see the end of the street.

Nairobi governor @SakajaJohnson and Environment CO Geoffrey Mosiria, commendable work so far but please, do not backtrack! Also do not allow this mess back a few months to elections for fear of losing votes. A leader should think of the next generation, not the next election. We can’t be here admiring Kigali for its cleanliness, or how Abiy has cleaned up and beautified Addis, while opposing every move to maintain order in our own city. We need to do better for our city.

Alafu wale wa Sabina Joy, itabidi mmeitisha pin location msipotee 🫢

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@MolaOgonya Give us the dates and times and we shall be there to demand for our rights!!

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@ndindiriw ⁉️❔️❔️

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

OUR COLLEGUES at AAK CM Chapter @aak_cpm, is this your position too? That you are contended with your exclusion in the building code. #AmendBuildingCode

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

THIS IS 2021, an article I wrote in the Standard. We were already hearing of rumors the building code process was being hijacked for selfish interest. I was pleading with @ncakenya to be brave for industry sake. Look what has come out. The building code must be amended. #AmendBuildingcode

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

NCA @ncakenya leo tuko na nyinyi, hapa na pale mpaka jioni. I suspended all my meetings and work to broadcast your injustice and discrimination. You must amend the building code to include all professionals in the industry. This country belongs to all of us. #AmendBuildingCode

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@ncakenya @WilliamsRuto

[Ephraim Kakui, PMP®️ @EphraimKakui]

@JumaFel11907194 @KBCChannel1 @citizentvkenya @ntvkenya @KTNNewsKE @WilliamsRuto @DiscoverJKUAT @KenyattaUni @ncakenya This statement was an insult to a profession tha has been for 23years.

#AmmendBuildingCode

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@EngMauriceAkech @ncakenya
#AmendBuildingCode
#OccupyNCA

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

YOU ARE telling us to wait for a review of building code after 5 years. Will our livelihoods and those of the many students in universities also wait for 5 yrs? @ncakenya @EngMauriceAkech
#AmendBuildingCode
#OccupyNCA

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

YOU ARE telling us to wait for a review of building code after 5 years. Will our livelihoods and those of the many students in universities also wait for 5 yrs? @ncakenya @EngMauriceAkech
#AmendBuildingCode
#OccupyNCA

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

YOUR EXCELLENCY @WilliamsRuto, the recently launched National Building Code is shamelessly discriminatory and has left out many professions in the industry. It will result in many job losses in the construction industry and affect hundreds of students in Universities. The code is spearheaded by @PublicWorksKen and @ncakenya.

It cannot stand, I urge you on behalf of many young project and construction managers, interior designers, landscape architects etc to call for its amendments pronto and include everyone.

CC: @koske_felix

Thank you
#AmendBuildingCode
#OccupyNCA

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@recmqs_UoN @uonbi @IFC_org @UoNbuiltenviron @arch_pnjeru @cresa_uon @EcotectureLtd @UNCTVke @UNCradioke Congratulations to the Graduating cohort.....looking forward to the next cohort

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

I thought reading books was hard!!
Until recently when I decided to alternate the self help and fictional books....I am enjoying the ride.

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@PrairieBuilders Tape measure

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@Eng_Emman I think it's time we make rain harvesting mandatory for all buildings being setup.

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@CPMMwangi Are the dogs meant for security or are they just pets??

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

@AlbertMIrungu @OkowaNashon Okay,that's great

[Christine Mukami @cristinemukami]

Over the weekend I got a chance to visit a site in Utawala together with my group members from Nashon Okowa Mentorship program in readiness to prepare a Marketing and Feasibility study report for a proposed development as an assignment given to us by @OkowaNashon .

[Okowa Nashon @OkowaNashon]

THE THINDIGUA sinking building drew me back to an article I wrote nearly 5years ago. We need to have a legislation that provides for mandatory warranty for all new buildings.

In several advanced countries, insurance has been the answer to this uncertainty. In the UK for example, there is an insurance policy in existence for some time now called structural warranty or new home warranty.

This warranty provides building owners with ten years of protection from latent defects' to the structure. It is usually bought by the developer but the warranty itself will provide cover for the person who purchases the completed building.

[Construction Today Kenya🇰🇪 @Constafrica]

🏟️Construction of Wote Stadium ‘in six months time’ left at sixes and sevens

Sandwiched between the town’s solid waste dumping site and a Sh2 billion government housing project that stalled 33 years ago, the proposed Wote Stadium in Makueni County evokes eerie memories.

It was supposed to be completed in 2018, six months after construction work was commissioned by the then Deputy President William Ruto.

The proposed stadium was in fact made famous by the then Deputy President during the 2017 presidential campaign when he emphatically declared that in six month’s time it would be complete and be part of the Jubilee government’s pledge of building world class sports facilities.

Six years later, however, the Sh350 million-project has stalled, sparking fears among locals that acquiring a state of the art stadium will remain a pipe dream.

The main contractor, Nitram and Traphes Enterprises Limited, has erected a section of the perimeter wall, levelled the football field and a part of the ground where the running track will be laid.

Locals have reported unabated cases of vandalism and theft of construction materials.

A copy of the stadium’s blueprint shows that it will accommodate 20,000 people and comfortably host national and international track and field events.

The county government is banking on the stadium, once complete, to revitalize sports in the region.

Although Sports Kenya and various government officials have touted the proposed stadium as the key to unlocking the county’s sporting talent, delays in the project have made locals suspicious of the government’s commitment in undertaking the project.

Wote Stadium ran into financial and technical headwinds from the onset. Its construction ground to a halt shortly after its commissioning by Ruto during a campaign blitz in the run-up to the 2017 General Election.

The delays in the project dominated political talks in the region for three years before civil works resumed, albeit slowly.

The main contractor has been under intense pressure to deliver the project with senior government officials openly accusing him of laxity in completing the stadium.

Mark Muendo, a director of Nitram and Traphes Enterprises, has over the years cited technicalities for the delays.

At the very onset, he blamed the project consultant, Mutiso Menezes International, for “changing the design of the stadium to include a retaining wall to take care of a steep gradient. This wall had not been factored in the initial designs.

After the consultant redid the designs we hit a soggy basement as we excavated to install the pavilion on the western side of the stadium”.

Muendo also points an accusing finger at Sports Kenya for the delay in paying his firm.

At the height of the finger pointing in 2021, the Ministry of Sports kicked the contractor out of the site, accusing them of incompetence.

According to Mutiso Menezes International, the contractor had completed approximately 35 per cent of the project in 2021.

This drew the ire of then Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed.

A seemingly worked up Amina ordered the contractor to refund some of the money already paid to then, arguing it was in excess of the work done, as she announced the takeover of the project by the National Youth Service.

Surprisingly, none of these moves took place. Instead, Sports Kenya rekindled dreams of Makueni County having a state-of-the-art stadium by quietly reinstating Nitram and Traphes Enterprises Limited to the project.

Sports Kenya also committed to fast tracking the approval of the changed designs for the stadium.

However, local leaders were concerned with the slow pace of the project.

The proposed stadium now remains an abandoned construction site.