1 person killed after residential apartment wall collapses in Ruaka » Capital News

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 22 – One person has been killed after a perimeter wall at an apartment building collapsed in Ruaka during heavy rains.

According to Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi, two other people were injured following the incident.

He stated that a third person was rescued during the operation by the county government’s disaster management team.

The County Government has subsequently ordered tenants living in the surrounding three apartments to vacate as a precautionary measure.

Governor Wamatangi stated that a multi-agency team comprising county and national government officials will embark on conducting an inspection and assessment exercise of all structures in the county.

Visited a site in Ruaka, in Kiambaa Sub County, where a section of the perimeter wall of a residential apartment collapsed on an adjacent iron-sheet residential structure due to the ongoing heavy rains, resulting in the death of one resident and injuring another. pic.twitter.com/FQGQtIANPJ

— Governor Kimani Wamatangi, EGH 🇰🇪 (@KWamatangi) April 22, 2024

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