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NAIROBI, Nov. 16 (AP) — At least three people were killed when a building collapsed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, authorities said Wednesday.
Six other people were rescued from the rubble and are being treated at a hospital on the outskirts of Kasarani, where the multi-storey building is located.
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Witnesses told local media that the residential building, which was under construction, showed signs of fragility, including visible cracks, before collapsing.
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said on Wednesday that the building’s owner should be arrested and charged with murder because the required building permit has not yet been issued.
Local media reported that the owner was at large.
A construction worker told the local Daily Nation newspaper that government officials had inspected the construction site and asked workers to leave early Tuesday. But the site foreman told workers to keep working, the paper reported.
Building collapses are common in Nairobi, where housing is in high demand and unscrupulous developers often bypass regulations.
After eight buildings collapsed in Kenya in 2015, killing 15 people, the president ordered an audit of all buildings in the country to see if they met code. The National Construction Authority found that 58% of Nairobi’s buildings were uninhabitable. (Associated Press)
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