Rescue workers are searching for seven people feared trapped after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.
The incident occurred on Friday, October 23, 2026, prompting an emergency response as authorities raced to determine whether anyone remained buried beneath the debris.
Kenya’s Interior Minister, Kipchumba Murkomen, confirmed the incident in a post on X, disclosing that seven people had been reported missing.
According to the minister, 11 shops located on the building’s ground floor and basement were occupied at the time of the collapse.
“Eleven shops on the ground floor and in the basement were occupied at the time of the collapse. Seven people have been reported missing,” Murkomen wrote.
Emergency responders were subsequently deployed to the scene to search the rubble for possible survivors.
As rescue operations continued, authorities had yet to establish the whereabouts of the missing individuals.
The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear as of the time of reporting.
