The catastrophic collapse of a 16-storey building under construction in Nairobi’s South C estate has laid bare a chilling reality: most buildings in the capital may be unsafe, and the next tragedy could be just one tremor away.
Built-environment professionals are now warning that up to 85 per cent of Nairobi’s buildings fail basic safety standards, a revelation that has triggered public outrage and renewed scrutiny of corruption, regulatory capture and professional negligence in Kenya’s booming construction sector.
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