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Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi (in white helmet) at Kirigiti, Kiambu where a six-storey building under construction collapsed killing a mother and her two children in an adjacent apartment.
Simon Ciuru | Nation Media Group

Three people among them a mother and her two children died in Kirigiti, Kiambu, on Monday morning after a six-storey building under construction caved onto adjacent residential houses.

The victims were tenants in an adjacent apartment and succumbed to injuries while being rushed to Kiambu level 5 hospital, the police said.

So far, seven people have been evacuated from the debris, Kiambu county commissioner Joshua Nkanatha told the Nation at the scene.

He was accompanied by Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi who condoled with the bereaved families promising to look into the matter to ascertain whether all approvals were met before the developer embarked on the construction.

“It is unfortunate that we have lost three lives this morning and my administration will make sure these incidences do not occur anymore. Currently we are working with other government agencies to ascertain whether the developer had met all the necessary requirements and approvals before embarking with the construction. If not, necessary action will be taken,” Mr Wamatangi said.

People trapped​

Kenya Red Cross officials, Kiambu County Fire and Disaster Management Department, Kenya Police and Kenya Defense Forces are combing through the debris to evacuate over ten people who said to be trapped.
“We have rescued seven people from the building and as you can see we are working tirelessly to rescue more who are said to be trapped inside,” Mr Nkanatha said.

Last year in October, a nine storey building under construction in Ruiru, near Tatu City, in Kiambu County, collapsed, Luckily, no workers were on site given it was on Sunday.

On August 31 last year, another five storey building under construction in Gachie, Kiambu collapsed, killing five people.
 

City Hall plans to demolish over 200 'unsafe' buildings​

Thursday, March 22, 2018 — updated on June 29, 2020
A substandard four-storey building is demolished in Zimmerman on March 21, 2018. City Hall has earmarked more than 200 'unsafe' buildings for demolition. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | AFP

By Collins Omulo
Reporter
Nation Media Group

What you need to know:​

  • An audit on buildings shows that several buildings need urgent inspection.
  • Only 884 structures are considered safe for habitation, and some 471 houses are unfit for occupancy and warrant critical inspection.
  • Some 217 buildings need to be demolished immediately as they have been marked dangerous for habitation, while another 688 structures need to be urgently investigated.
City Hall has earmarked more than 200 buildings in Nairobi for demolition, terming them unsafe for occupation.
A further 688 structures will be inspected.

Governor Mike Sonko said that an audit on buildings conducted by the Nairobi City Inspectorate Department revealed that several buildings need urgent inspection.

The audit was conducted between January and February.

The governor said that its preliminary investigations showed that only 884 structures are considered safe for habitation, and some 471 houses are unfit for occupancy and warrant critical inspection.

Some 217 buildings need to be demolished immediately as they have been marked dangerous for habitation, while another 688 structures need to be urgently investigated.

“These are some of the structures which were approved by rogue county officials. We will not allow human life to be put at risk by greedy individuals.

“My administration is carrying out the exercise of bringing down all illegal structures,” said Mr Sonko.

DEMOLISHED
On Wednesday, City Hall demolished substandard buildings in Zimmerman and Roysambu following the rise in collapse of buildings in Nairobi.

According to the Buildings Inspectorate at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, several buildings in Nairobi are unsafe for occupation.

Statistics from the ministry indicate that close to 100 people have been killed in building debris, and more than 290 injured between 2017 and 2018.

Last week, a five-storey building under construction collapsed in Juja, Kiambu County.

Barely 48 hours after that incident, another building collapsed in Ruai Estate near the Eastern Bypass.

COLLAPSED
On March 15, Nairobi County Government officials and police warned residents, particularly in the informal settlements, to vacate houses marked for demolition to avoid disasters.

The rise in buildings collapsing has been blamed on the ongoing heavy rains.

On March 10, a building collapsed in Kariobangi. All residents who lived in the four-storey building were evacuated before the collapse and no casualties were reported.

In January this year, two people died when a building they were demolishing at Stage Mpya in Pipeline Estate collapsed.

Seven other people were injured.
 
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