Kenya Ports Authority [KPA] employees residing in the authority's pensions scheme houses in Mombasa are up in arms over what they term as  dilapidated state of some of the houses.

The residents mainly from the Dedan Kimathi estate opposite Pandya Memorial Hospital were in panic after part of a wall of one of the houses collapsed on Friday evening posing danger to Children who were busy playing around.

They said they have been faced with challenges after KPA handed over the units to the old pensions scheme.

Led by Moses Mutalii they argued that  the repair and maintenance work was being done without proper supervision.

Mutalii told journalists a lot of money has been spent but at the end there is shoddy work on the house units in the area.

"Over Sh 1.2 billion was spent on the repair of the units but the work was not done satisfactorily," he pointed out.

The resident lamented that all the houses are leaking and have cracks despite Sh 1.2 million being spent.

Mutali pointed an accusing finger at the pensions scheme and the  board of trustees for failing them.

He cautioned them if anything happens to the employees or their immediate families they will be held responsible.

"Let the government agencies responsible  for housing make an impromptu visit of the units to assess the condition themselves," he said.

On her part, another resident Matreda Mwakireti called on the Kenya Ports Authority Managing Director Daniel Manduku to intervene and save the situation.

She argued that they have exhausted all the possible means in solving the problem.

"We now want the MD to intervene since we are tired of the situation " she said.