Emergency response workers at the scene where an 8-storey building that was under construction collapsed in Ole Nairi area of Oloolua, Kajiado County on May 10, 2026.
Other buildings have gone down this year in South C, Karen, Westlands, Shauri Moyo, Kericho, Siaya and Kajiado.
Legal interventions by organised residents are a proven check on institutional failure in Kenya’s construction sector.
As delegates gathered in Nairobi for the second Africa Urban Forum in April to discuss how to build better, safer cities, a building collapsed in the city’s Highrise Estate in Kibera, killing three people and leaving several others injured.
Other buildings have gone down this year in South C, Karen, Westlands, Shauri Moyo, Kericho, Siaya and Kajiado, a grim pattern that points to a construction sector that has lost accountability.
