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Over 100 buildings very dangerous, unsafe to habit

A resident of Joy-land estate in Juja around the building that collapsed on Wednesday night. [Photo by Kamau Maichuhie/Standard]

A residential building at Ngei estate in Huruma has visible wall cracks. Its dingy staircase is lined with freshly laundered clothes, an indication that all the rooms are occupied.

It is within that area that 49 people died when a building collapsed in 2016.

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