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Kenya woke up to more grim news on Friday, November 13, when another building under construction came down, this time near the SGR terminus on Mombasa Road. It was the second deadly collapse in the Nairobi area in just three weeks, and it has revived hard questions about who is responsible for keeping construction sites… <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n

Kenya woke up to more grim news on Friday, November 13, when another building under construction came down, this time near the SGR terminus on Mombasa Road. It was the second deadly collapse in the Nairobi area in just three weeks, and it has revived hard questions about who is responsible for keeping construction sites safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened at Syokimau<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

An eight-storey building under construction collapsed in Syokimau on Friday morning, leaving six people dead and five rescued alive. It happened at around 9am, at a construction site along the Syokimau SGR access road. kbc<\/a>kbc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duncan Ochieng, the police official in charge of disaster management, told reporters that six bodies had been confirmed and five people had been rushed to Imara Daima Hospital. He said 405 workers were on the site at the time and that all of them had been accounted for. The Kenya Red Cross and Urban Search and Rescue teams led the operation. canberratimes<\/a>kbc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities asked the public to stay away from the area. Police urged motorists on Mombasa Road near the SGR terminus to keep clear of the immediate perimeter. The death toll rose through the day as more bodies were found, and police have not yet said what caused the top floor to give way. Early reports mention a possible problem during concrete work, but no official cause has been confirmed, and one outlet notes that reports differ on whether the site falls in Nairobi or Machakos County. kahawatungu<\/a>headtopics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three weeks earlier: Eastleigh<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Syokimau disaster came after a much larger tragedy. A multi-storey building under construction in Eastleigh collapsed on October 23 at around 1pm, and rescuers feared about 10 people could be trapped. Reports gave different heights for the building, from 16 to 18 storeys. standardmedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rescue dragged on for weeks. Specialised teams, including Kenya Defence Forces officers and Chinese rescuers, joined the operation. Fourteen days in, rescuers reached the basement and recovered six more bodies, raising the confirmed death toll to eight, with four people rescued alive. kenyans<\/a>political<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pattern, not an accident<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The two collapses are part of a worsening trend. Reporting based on official data found that Nairobi leads the country in building collapses and related deaths, and that Kenya recorded 24 collapses by October this year, more than in any full year since 2020. Earlier incidents have been reported in Kibera, South C and along Ngong Road. radiogeneration<\/a>pulse<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind those numbers are questions that keep coming up after every collapse:<\/p>\n\n\n\n