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Kenya: Demolish condemned buildings, arrest owners

The tale of collapsed buildings in Nairobi and other parts of the country is getting to be one too many. On Thursday, a building collapsed in Roysambu killing at least four people and injuring several others, even as rescuers go through the debris searching for survivors.

The last reported case of a collapsing building was in December last year, when a weak building in Nairobi’s Kaloleni estate caved in, claiming seven lives.

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