Nairobi building collapse: Babu Owino blames Sakaja after three die in Ngara
Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has blamed Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja’s administration for recurring building collapses in the capital after three people were confirmed dead in a building collapse in Ngara. In a post shared on his X account on Saturday, November 14, 2026, Owino accused City Hall of negligence, corruption and failure […]
A wall has collapsed at a construction site along Riverside Drive in Nairobi County, resulting in 11 people being injured, according to the Kenya Red Cross. EMS Kenya ambulances have evacuated the injured to nearby hospitals. The incident occurred near Grand Residence, where workers were engaged in excavation work. Rescue teams are currently on the scene, concerned about the possibility of additional trapped workers.
This event follows another tragic construction-related accident in Nairobi County, where at least six workers were killed when a building under construction partially collapsed during concreting works on the ninth floor. The collapse, attributed to formwork failure, led to the recovery of three bodies and three more men from the debris.
Nairobi police spokesperson Issa Mohamud reported that the morning operations have yielded these initial casualties.
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- Three workers killed as perimeter wall collapses at Riverside construction site in Ngara, Nairobi kahawatungu.com
- 11 injured after wall collapses at Riverside drive kbc.co.ke
- Three dead, 11 injured after a wall collapsed in riverside capitalfm.africa
- Kenya Red Cross responds after wall collapses in Nairobi’s Riverside area peopledaily.digital
