Kenya: How Unchecked Borehole Drilling Is Putting Nairobi’s Buildings at Risk – Geologist

Most often, landlords in Nairobi and its environs opt to sink boreholes for their apartment complexes to address the chronic water issues that plague the capital. That convenience, an expert now warns, may be quietly hollowing out the ground beneath the city’s feet, threatening the very buildings above.

Hydrogeologist and Programme Officer for Science (Water Division) at the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa, Dr Florence Jerotich Tanui, has raised the alarm over the rapid and…