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Blame game continues for years as buildings keep tumbling down

Rescue operation continue at a collapsed building in Huruma on May 3, 2016 at Kenya's six-storey residential building at Huruma estate in Nairobi  PHOTO JOHN MUCHUCHA

Over 100 Kenyans have been crushed to death under the weight of collapsed buildings in the last 20 years but no one has ever been punished.

Like it happened in 1996, when 35 people were killed following the collapse of Sunbeam Supermarket, successive tragedies have seen tough talk from authorities and prosecution of landlords and planning authorities.

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