5 People Feared Dead After Abandoned Storey Building Collapses In Bungoma

At least five people are feared dead as an abandoned building in Kanduyi market, Bungoma County collapsed trapping them inside.

The building was initially demolished halfway by the Bungoma county administration to allow the renovation of the Masinde Muliro Stadium ahead of this year’s Madaraka Day celebrations.

The halfway demolition left the incomplete-storey building unstable and posing a danger to the members of the public.

According to reports, the trapped individuals had gone to scavenge metals and iron steel from the building.

Following the collapse of the building, Kanduyi locals rushed to the scene to help those trapped inside.

Disaster management teams from Bungoma County have also been dispatched to the scene to rescue the victims.

This comes a day after a five-story building collapsed in the Uthiru area within Nairobi County.

Photos and videos shared online, showed the apartment block located along Naivasha Road tilted on the side.

The response team drawn from the Nairobi County Government and the Kenya Red Cross managed to evacuate all 34 residents who were occupying the building.

“All 34 residents of the collapsed building in Nairobi’s Mountain View Ward have been located and are safe. There are no casualties. Earlier concerns about four missing residents, including a 10-year-old girl, have been cleared,” Bramwel Simiyu, the Chief officer of Disaster Management Nairobi City County said in a statement.

On May 1 another building collapsed in Kirinyaga, leaving one woman dead. Neighbors managed to rescue the two children, who were sleeping in one of the rooms.

The two children were in different rooms but their mother's room was near the collapsed building.