Cracks beneath another building raise safety fears

A building under construction that is allegedly on the verge of collapse along Peponi road in Westlands, Nairobi on December 16, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Residents along Donyo Sabuk Way off Peponi Road in Nairobi are living in fear, their routines disrupted by a multi-storey building whose structural integrity has been in question since cracks appeared last year.

The 13-storey structure, intended to rise to 17 floors, is draped in green netting and sealed off with a warning sign reading “SITE CLOSED – KEEP OFF”, bearing a suspension order from the National Construction Authority (NCA) dated December 15, 2025. Construction was halted four days later after one of the building’s main pillars developed visible cracks.