Nairobi County Disaster Management Unit has confirmed that all the thirty-four residents housed in a collapsed building in Uthiru area are safe.
In an update on Wednesday, the Nairobi County said it had accounted for the residents following Tuesday’s incident in Uthiru including a family of four residents who had gone missing, among them a 10-year-old child.
Bramwel Simiyu, the Chief Officer of the disaster management in the city affirmed that no casualties were reported from the incident.
“The building was sinking slowly, and all the residents were able to jump out and manage to exit the building,” Simiyu said.
The five-story building collapsed in Nairobi’s Mountain View Ward, Westland’s Sub County, near the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).
Nairobi County Confirms Safety of all 34 Residents After Building Collapsed in Uthiru