Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja has ordered the closure of gas businesses within 200 meters of any residential areas within the devolved unit.

Speaking when he visited some of the bereaved families of the Mradi Estate fire incident last Thursday, he also ordered sub-county administrators to remain vigilant.

“I want to assure Nairobi residents that the owners of the premises where the incident took place shall be held responsible and accountable,” he said.

The county boss also urged the residents to remain vigilant and report any illegal activities.

 Four suspects in the Embakasi gas explosion case that left six people dead and 300 others injured were on Tuesday arraigned before Nairobi magistrate Dolphina Alego.

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In a miscellaneous application, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) sought to have the suspects remanded to complete investigations against them.

The suspects include, Derrick Kimathi, Joseph Makau, David Walunya Ong'are, and Marrian Mutete Kioko remanded to complete investigations against them.

Kimathi is the proprietor of the illegal gas-filling plant in Mradi, Embakasi East, where fire broke out on Thursday night, killing six people and injuring nearly 300 others.

The other three are National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) officials who are accused of issuing a license illegally to Kimathi’s company.

According to the police, they are looking into allegations of abuse of office power, carelessness, murder, and conspiracy to commit a criminal against the suspects.