Two People Killed After a Six-Storey Unfinished Building Collapses in Ruaka

Two people have been confirmed dead after the collapse of a six-storey building at Joyland area in Ruaka, Kiambu County, on Thursday.

The two, a husband and wife, were killed when the building under construction crushed their residential home at around 5 a.m., trapping them in the rubble.

Another adjacent building was also damaged but did not collapse and all the occupants were rescued.

Confirming the incident, Kiambu County Commissioner Joshua Nkanatha said authorities are looking for the owner of the building as investigations continue.

The incident comes two days after a seven-storey building under construction collapsed at Seasons area in Kasarani, Nairobi, killing three people.

The National Construction Authority (NCA) said the building was non-compliant and its officials had inspected the building just a few hours before it collapsed at 2.20 p.m. on Monday.

“Construction was ongoing when our officers inspected and fault was noticed at the columns. The building was not compliant & arrests had been made,” NCA said on Wednesday.

The authority said it had made three arrests from the project, and that there was no registered constructor on the site during inspection. 

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said the owner of the building will be charged with murder, saying he did not have a building permit nor any other documents for the project.

“The developer must be charged in court. We will liaise with DCI to he needs to be charged with murder. All those who are going with such constructions, we want to put them on notice, just pull down those buildings or let us come for you,” he stated.