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In January 2015, a seven-storeyed building collapsed in Nairobi's Huruma Estate, killing three people and injuring dozens.
The incident took place at 8pm on a Sunday night during a sustained downpour and caught residents completely unprepared. It also came less than three weeks after a four-storeyed building, housing more than 30 families, came down in Makongeni, killing one person and injuring dozens.
This prompted then President Uhuru Kenyatta to put City Hall and Land Ministry officials on notice over the state of residential buildings across the country.
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