One person has died after a 7-storey building collapsed at Seasons area in Kasarani, Nairobi.
Police said rescue operations are still ongoing.
One other person who was retrieved from the collapsed building was rushed to the hospital and is in critical condition.
Poor workmanship and ignorance of the laws are among the leading causes of such incidences.
This is according to a 2020 audit report done by the National Construction Authority on collapsing of buildings.
Research done by NCA in 2018, revealed that the causes of collapsing of buildings were mainly due to technical issues such as substandard materials and lack of quality assurance.
Other factors were ignorance of the laws and regulations, inadequate laws, poor coordination, lack of proper material testing tools, and poor construction supervision, among others.
