A six-storey building collapsed on the morning of Friday, December 6th at Embakasi’s Tassia area, Nairobi County.
According to reports, several residents are feared to be trapped in the building.
The Tassia area was in 2016 flagged for substandard buildings by the National Construction Authority(NCA) as reported by the Standard on May 6, 2016.
According to the NCA and the National Housing Corporation, over 70 percent of buildings had not been approved by the county government thus posing a major threat to residents in the area.
After the NCA report ,Former nairobi DG Jonathan Mueke had this to say:
"You cannot be sure whether yours is encapsulated in that bracket but if you look close, you can tell. Take a walk in Nairobi’s Pipeline and Tassia areas in Embakasi,
“Magorofani in Imara Daima, Githurai, Roysambu, Umoja, Ruaka, Satellite, Ruaraka and more: In these areas, there are flats which from eye view, look like trouble,”
Boniface Mwangi wrote an article juszi about these shoddily constructed houses in Eastlando, some airheads here wakasema amelipwo na wazungu :D:D:D:D:D
Let’s hope for the best. Prayers for those trapped and let’s hope Sany the leveler will rev back to action again.
[SIZE=1]Personally kuna building siwezi ingia. Call it Maringo or call it paranoia but I take my personal safety a little serious. [/SIZE]