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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has served notice to the owner of the partially collapsed Kisenyi building to raze it down.<\/p>\n

The structure, owned by Mr Harunah Ssentongo, partially caved in a fortnight ago, leaving at least six people dead and five injured.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The notice] was issued on Friday and I am yet to confirm whether the developer (Mr Ssentongo) has received it,\u201d KCCA spokesperson Daniel Nuwabiine said yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a removal notice which means that the remaining structure must be removed. But we will only start counting the three days after he has received the notice,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Ssentongo had written to KCCA\u2019s physical planning directorate last week seeking permission to continue with construction of the remaining structure.<\/p>\n

Mr Nuwabiine said a structural integrity assessment which was conducted by KCCA technocrats found the remaining structure unable to withstand more weight.<\/p>\n

Mr Ssentongo couldn\u2019t be reached for a comment yesterday.<\/p>\n

Attempts to speak to his brother, Mr Hamis Kiggundu, last week were also unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

Last option<\/p>\n

Mr Nuwabiine, however, said the city authority will use alternative services such as newspapers and radio announcements to notify Mr Ssentongo.<\/p>\n

KCCA will proceed to demolish the structure with guidance from their directorate of legal affairs if the developer defies the alternative notices.<\/p>\n

Findings from the investigations conducted by the National Building Review Board on the collapsed building show that Mr Ssentongo used poor quality construction materials.<\/p>\n

The poor quality of concrete and steel reinforcement is reported to have resulted in weak structural members that couldn\u2019t support the applied loading.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe average compressive strength of the concrete used in the construction was found to be less than 3 MPa, which is about 15 per cent of minimum concrete strength expected for such a building,\u201d the report states in part.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, the yield strength of 16 mm diameter steel reinforcement which were used in the columns, and some beams was found to be lower by up to 36 percent from the required strength of 500 MPa,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n

The report was particularly critical of the work on the fourth level, noting that \u201cthe foundations were not tied together by any ground beams, were not backfilled, and the ground floor slab was not constructed.\u201d It added that \u201cthis exposed the supporting soil to excessive moisture, weakening the foundations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has served notice to the owner of the partially collapsed Kisenyi building to raze it down. 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