{"id":442853,"date":"2011-06-17T07:20:28","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T07:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/check-with-local-authority-to-ascertain-building-safety\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T07:20:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T07:20:28","slug":"check-with-local-authority-to-ascertain-building-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/check-with-local-authority-to-ascertain-building-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Check With Local Authority to Ascertain Building Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"13.0402542373\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nairobistar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nairobi Star<\/a> (Nairobi)<\/p>\n<p>Diana Madegwa<\/p>\n<p>17 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>If you doubt the safety of the house you are living in, then you need to check with your local authority to find out if it is safe or not. Vice chairperson of the Architectural Association of Kenya Waweru Gathecha says you can also ask your land lord to produce an occupational certificate.<\/p>\n<p>An occupational certificate is issued by the local authority to confirm that a building is safe for occupation. A report by city hall shows that most houses in Embakasi, Kahawa, Tassia, Umoja and Kayole have been illegally constructed and pose a serious risk to area residents.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Originally posted here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106170235.html\" title=\"Check With Local Authority to Ascertain Building Safety\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check With Local Authority to Ascertain Building Safety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Nairobi Star (Nairobi) Diana Madegwa 17 June 2011 If you doubt the safety of the house you are living in, then you need to check with your local authority to find out if it is safe or not. Vice chairperson of the Architectural Association of Kenya Waweru Gathecha says you can also ask your land lord to produce an occupational certificate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":442856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-442853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Check With Local Authority to Ascertain Building Safety - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/check-with-local-authority-to-ascertain-building-safety\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Check With Local Authority to Ascertain Building Safety - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nairobi Star (Nairobi) Diana Madegwa 17 June 2011 If you doubt the safety of the house you are living in, then you need to check with your local authority to find out if it is safe or not. 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