A building has collapsed in the Blue Estate area of Shauri Moyo in Nairobi, with an unknown number of people feared trapped beneath the rubble. Emergency response teams were immediately dispatched to the scene, and rescue operations are currently underway as officials work to rescue people trapped inside the debris. On January 11, two workers died when a building under construction collapsed in Karen. Earlier in the month, on January 2, a 14-storey building reportedly suffered a “pancake collapse” in South C, Lang’ata Sub-county, leaving at least two people feared trapped. Kenya’s construction professionals expressed concern over repeated building collapses in the country, saying lessons from past disasters have not been implemented.

Source: The Star March 16, 2026 13:34 UTC