Ksh1.5 million pit latrine sinks a day to launch

A contractor tasked with building a pit latrine at Kabatini Ward Administration Offices in Nakuru County has been put on the spot after the structure he was putting up at a cost of Ksh1.5 million caved in on Thursday, June 11.

Carofa Enterprises, the contractor that was awarded the tender,
moved to the site on Saturday, June 6, and had pledged to complete the work by
Saturday, June 13.

By Wednesday evening (June 10), what was left uncompleted, was the four-door pit latrine’s roof. Five people working on the 30-foot lavatory were yet to report to work Thursday morning, when it came tumbling down.

Kabatini Ward MCA Peter Macharia faulted the contractor for
using poor quality building materials and employing poor workmanship in the
construction of the Ksh1.5 million structure.

“We thank God the latrine hadn’t been launched for use,
otherwise we’d be talking of a tragedy now,” said Macharia.

“The County Government of Nakuru should properly vet these
contractors before giving them jobs to avoid wasting taxpayers’ money on people
who do shoddy work,” added the ward rep.

K24 Digital’s attempts
to reach the contractor bore no fruit as our communication went unreturned.