Kenya: 12-Story Building Under Construction Collapses in Nairobi

A 12-story building under construction collapsed at around 1:40 p.m. on Friday, October 23, on 9th Street in Nairobi’s busy Eastleigh commercial district. The Kenya Red Cross sent a team to the scene, while footage showed a cloud of dust sweeping through nearby streets. Governor Johnson Sakaja’s office said people could be trapped beneath the rubble and that the ground floor was occupied; no casualty figures or cause of the collapse had been reported. Another building under construction collapsed in Nairobi’s South C neighborhood on January 2, 2026, injuring a pedestrian.