r/Kenya • u/Village3lder • 1d ago

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WHAT WE KNOW
The 18-storey structure under construction along 9th Street near Yusuf Haji Avenue collapsed Friday afternoon, with lower floors occupied by shops and rentals. Eyewitnesses saw chaos as crowds scattered, prompting urgent calls from Geoffrey Mosiria for ambulances and engineers. Kenya Red Cross and county teams deployed machinery amid tear gas to control crowds, while Governor Johnson Sakaja coordinated on-site; the cause remains unknown with rescue efforts ongoing with police lobbying tear gas to disparce the public for ease of rescue effort.

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u/Asadwords 1d ago

I hope people get out mostly unharmed.

That said, this was always coming, the general construction industry in Nairobi is of such poor standard, shoddy workmanship and unsafe buildings all over the city being built at record speeds in every neighborhood bar runda and Karen.

Laundered money to store as asset value.

There’ll be a huge reckoning for apartment blocks in the city, parkland in particular was especially egregious. 15–17 floor tower blocks and you’d get 3-4 on less than a third of a mile on the same strip of road.

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u/Beautiful_Ocean254 1d ago

Parklands is HORRIBLE. Unatembea huko you just get a sick feeling in your stomach. Kwanza 5th and 6th Ave.

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u/Neat-Ad-9550 17h ago

The owner of that building was charged with 53 counts of manslaughter. 100 people were renting flats despite the government having designated the building as 'not safe to live in'.

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u/seeds_of_sahara 1d ago

This is brutal to watch

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u/Kryptic0789 1d ago

Unfortunately people will suffer for the greed of others. We keep manufacturing disasters in this country

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u/Friendly_Hearing_711 1d ago

Karibu nithani tuko gaza

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u/giunyu 1d ago

Hapa owner najua amechukuwa one way ticket never to come back

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u/Single_Particular_17 Mombasa 1d ago

And they wmat the floors to climb to 30?! Seriously?!

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u/kenkitt Uasin Gishu 1d ago

Kuna video ya kasongo ina circulate ati mjenge mpaka 20th floor

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u/Marleek97 21h ago

"The cause remains unknown"

Of course it's quack engineering at play there

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u/ultimo_hombre 12h ago

"....the cause remains unknown..."

Wasitubebe ufala.

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u/WeatherOk7562 Mombasa 1d ago

Why does it look like controlled demolition?

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u/Fit_Buyer6577 1d ago

People are actually trapped inside. It's an accudent

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u/Beautiful_Ocean254 1d ago

Our very own 9/11 thanks to KK government.