Nairobi South Business Community Association led by the Chairman Rashid Ali Omar address a media briefing on the resumption of business after the collapse of a building in South C, Nairobi, on January 11, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]Business is slowly resuming in South C, Nairobi, following the collapse of a multi-storey building that left two people dead, even as traders and property owners count losses. Among those affected is Saumir Shah, a business owner in the area, who estimates that he incurred losses of about Sh7 million. He further dismissed claims circulating on social media suggesting that a large number of structures in South C may be unsafe. “We categorically dismiss misleading and alarmist claims circulating in some quarters that 80 per cent of buildings in South C are unsafe.
