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Dr Eng. Meshack Otieno (centre), manager for Construction Research and Business Development at the National Construction Authority, joins Eng. Enock Ogutu (left), Mbuthia Kelvin and Senior Training and Capacity Building Officer Eng. Ken Ounda (right) at the Construction Research and Innovation Dissemination Forum in Nairobi on Monday, June 29, 2026. [Courtesy]
The National Construction Authority (NCA) has launched a fresh crackdown on developers who add unauthorised floors to approved buildings, warning that contractors found culpable risk prosecution and deregistration.
Speaking at the Construction Research and Innovation Dissemination Forum (CRIDF) in Nairobi on Monday, June 29, NCA Manager for Construction Research and Business Development Dr Meshack Otieno said the authority had identified a pattern of developers securing approvals for a set number of floors then illegally constructing additional storeys without fresh structural assessments.
"You find that a project has been approved for 10 floors, then they go maybe up to 12 floors. That is a very serious issue because you are violating the approval requirement and risking public safety, since the additional floors were not factored into the initial design," said Otieno.
