Officials say the building, in Nairobi’s busy Eastleigh area, had no occupation certificate but its ground floor was in use.
Several people are missing and others may be trapped after a multistorey building under construction collapsed in Kenya’s capital, leaving a huge mound of concrete as rescuers dig through the rubble.
The building came down on Friday at about 1pm local time (10:00GMT) on a busy commercial street in Eastleigh, a neighbourhood in Nairobi crowded with thousands of traders and residents.
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Nairobi police chief Issa Mohamud said more than 10 upper floors were under construction, and Kenya’s Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said there were 67 workers at the site – one of whom was injured, while the other…
