A couple had died in collapsed Huruma house prior to Sunday’s incident

Rescue team members use sniffer dogs to look for survivors in the ongoing operation at the collapsed seven-storey residential building at Huruma in Nairobi yesterday. Eight people are still missing. [PHOTO: KNA]

NAIROBI: Five months ago, a man and his wife died when a wall of the ill-fated Huruma building collapsed.

The wall, which collapsed in August last year, was repaired soon after and new tenants moved in, The Standard has established.