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Building collapse near Nairobi kills six
An unfinished eight-storey building collapsed on Friday in Syokimau, near Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
The collapse happened while construction work was under way, after the building’s top concrete slab gave way.
Six people died and five were taken to hospital, according to officials.
Authorities have not established why the slab failed.
The collapse renewed calls for stronger construction safety oversight after another building collapse in Nairobi killed eight people on October 23.
Police said all 405 workers at the site had been accounted for, and the site was closed.
Six people were killed when an unfinished building collapsed near Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday, November 13.
The eight-storey structure fell in the Syokimau area, near the Nairobi–Mombasa highway.
Five people were reported rescued alive and taken to hospital.
Authorities gave differing accounts of how many workers were at the site; one police official said 405 had been accounted for.
The collapse followed another deadly building collapse in Nairobi on October 23, which killed eight people.
The incidents have renewed calls for stronger construction safety oversight.
- Who
- Six people were killed. Five others were reported rescued alive.
- What
- An unfinished building collapsed during construction.
- When
- Friday, November 13, 2026, around 9:52 a.m. local time.
- Where
- Syokimau, near Nairobi, Kenya.
- Why
- The cause of the collapse was not established. A preliminary report said the upper concrete slab gave way.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A 12-storey building collapsed in Nairobi, killing eight people.
The unfinished building collapsed in Syokimau.
Rescue teams searched the rubble, and five people were reported taken to hospital.
- Deaths
- 6 people
- Building
- Unfinished eight-storey structure
- Location
- Syokimau, near Nairobi
- Reported survivors
- 5 people
- Previous collapse
- 8 people killed in Nairobi on October 23
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So far we have confirmed six bodies, but also five people have been rushed to Imara Daima Hospital
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