Enforce safety rules on buildings in Kenya to avert disasters

Three people are said to have died yesterday at a construction site on Brookside Drive, Westlands, Nairobi. This came after a building they were working on collapsed. Such incidents in and around Nairobi have become a common occurrence. More than eight buildings collapsed in Nairobi and Kiambu between 2006 and 2014, causing death and injury.

In May this year, a building in Nairobi’s Huruma estate collapsed, claiming 23 lives. The frequency of collapsing buildings is alarming and calls into question the competency of licencing and building inspectorate authorities within the Nairobi County government.