Nairobi: Three dead, three hospitalised after building collapses in Huruma

Three people have been confirmed dead after a five-storey building collapsed in Huruma early Sunday morning.

According to Mr Pius Masai, the deputy director National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU), one person was found dead in the debris while another died on the way to the hospital. Three others have been hospitalised.



Mr Masai said many of the tenants of the ill-fated building left when it developed cracks shortly before midnight on Saturday.

Tenants in the nearby buildings have been evacuated after rescuers declared the area a dangerous zone.

"We have enough equipment and personnel. What is delaying is entrance to the scene," said Mr Masai.

The collapsed building was adjacent to a primary school.

Rescue teams had to demolish several structures to access the site because it is in a densely populated area.

Already, the National Construction Authority has started inspecting nearby buildings and ejecting tenants from structures with cracks.

Mathare sub-County Deputy Commissioner Patrick Mwangi said the collapsed apartment had been marked for demolition but the tenants sneaked back in and had been staying there for months.

So far, one of the 12 families that were living there illegally has been accounted for, according to Mr Masai.

Source: DailyNation
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Watu watatu wamethibitika kupoteza maisha huku saba wakiokolewa kufuatia kuanguka kwa jengo la ghorofa 5 asubuhi ya leo Juni 03, huko Huruma Nairobi

Naibu Mkuruguenzi wa Kitengo cha kupambana na majanga, Pius Masai, amesema mtu mmoja alikutwa amefariki kwenye kifusi huku wawili walifariki wakipelekwa hospitali. Watu watatu wamefikishwa hospitalini na wanapatiwa matibabu. Masai ameeleza kuwa wapangaji wengi wa jengo hilo waliondoka baada ya jengo hilo kutengeneza nyufa kubwa muda mfupi kabla ya saa sita usiku, siku ya Jumamosi kumakia Jumapili

Taratibu za uokoajia bado zinaendela ambapo wananchi walipo katika majengo ya jirani wameondolewa baada ya wakoaji kusema eneo hilo si salama kwa kuwa inawabidi kubomoa majengo kadhaa ili kulifikia jengo lililoanguka

Naibu Kamishina wa Kaunti ndogo ya Mathare, Patrick Mwangi amesema jengo lililoanguka lilikuwa limewekewa alama ya kubomolewa lakini wapangaji waliingia kinyemela na kuendelea kuishi humo kwa miezi kadhaa

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But that's too much. The relevant authorities have to list down the condemned buildings. The buildings which are not fit for human habitation should be identified for pulling them down.

Yaani watu wa Kenya sijui wapoje,hayo majengo yao hasa maeneo ya Kitengela mpaka kule eastleigh hata kwa macho yanaonekana sio imara wala hayastahili kwa makazi lakini mamlaka husika zimeyapitisha kuwa ni makazi kwa binadamu bila kuchukua hatua muafaka,inasikitisha sana.

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