The controversial house built for use by Dennis Ngaruiya’s family on alleged orders from President Uhuru Kenyatta has elicited unending reactions.
A neighbour of Ngaruiya’s family said he has been waiting to know who would be their new neighbour for years and no one except government operatives and the contractor have been spotted at the site.
James Mwangi, a community policing leader who is also in charge of Murunyu Community Water Project said he supervised connection of water to the home last year and it was deserted.
“There was no sign of life in the home. Some of the waste generated during its construction was still there indicating no one had ever used it,” said Mwangi.
While Wambui claims that the house was substandard and constructed using waste paper, it was later established that the contractor used polystyrene technology which is gaining traction in the housing sector, globally.
The technology involves the use of panels of cellular plastic foam sandwiched between steel wire mesh which are then sprayed with cement to support and strengthen the walls.The same technology was used for the roofing protecting the occupants from excessive heat or cold.
John Waigi, another resident and a construction expert said Wambui was lucky to have such a house and land in the location citing that there are none of such houses in the neighbourhood which is dotted with mud houses and a few permanent homes.
“Temperature in such a house remains constant even in extreme weather unlike the houses around. She is a lucky person. To her the foam used are waste papers which is not the case,” said Waigi.