Six people were killed near Kenya’s capital, Nairobi after an under-construction building collapsed on Friday morning the local media outlet Citizen TV reported.
The structure gave way around 9:52 am near the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Terminus in Mlolongo along the Nairobi–Mombasa highway.
Following the collapse the emergency teams launched search and rescue operations at the site. The Kenya Red Cross confirmed on social media platform X that at least three survivors were pulled from the rubble and rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Friday’s tragedy comes just three weeks after another under-construction building collapsed in Nairobi on October 23 killing eight people.
Structural failures remain a recurring hazard in Kenya. According to the state-run Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis the building collapses in the country are primarily driven by poor workmanship, substandard construction materials the weak regulatory supervision and faulty structural designs.
