{"id":128597,"date":"2026-01-14T10:02:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/photos-wamatangi-visits-demolished-carwash-after-bulldozers-wreck-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:02:46","slug":"photos-wamatangi-visits-demolished-carwash-after-bulldozers-wreck-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/photos-wamatangi-visits-demolished-carwash-after-bulldozers-wreck-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Wamatangi visits demolished carwash after bulldozers wreck vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 14 \u2014 Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi on Tuesday visited and inspected his demolished carwash on Douglas Wakiiuri Road, formerly Aerodrome Road, where several vehicles and businesses were flattened in a dawn operation opposite Rubis Nyayo Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of cars in the yard were destroyed alongside the carwash, a carpet cleaning business, a restaurant and other structures, leaving property of unknown value in ruins.<\/p>\n<p>The demolition, which began at around 3am, also blocked the busy road, with bulldozers and large stones still strewn across the carriageway, cutting off access to motorists and pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-12.16.29-1.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-12.16.29.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-12.16.28.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-14-at-12.16.27.jpeg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A crowd, including business owners and workers, gathered at the scene amid tight security as heavy machinery remained on site and the extent of the damage became clear.<\/p>\n<p>The operation directly affected a carwash owned by the Kiambu governor, who was seen surveying the wreckage and speaking to people at the site as questions lingered over the losses incurred.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 14 \u2014 Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi on Tuesday visited and inspected his demolished carwash on Douglas Wakiiuri Road, formerly Aerodrome Road, where several vehicles and businesses were flattened in a dawn operation opposite Rubis Nyayo Stadium. Dozens of cars in the yard were destroyed alongside the carwash, a carpet cleaning business, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}