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Ministry says workers at Eastleigh building had no protective gear

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Red Cross staff at the site where a 17-storey building's scaffolds collapsed on Saturday in Eastleigh, Nairobi. [Courtesy]

The Ministry of Lands has said four construction workers who died after a building's scaffolds collapsed in Eastleigh, Nairobi, had no protective gears.

The 17-storey building's scaffolds collapsed on Saturday afternoon killing four workers who were on site and leaving others with serious injuries.

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