Location | Building description | Date | No. reported deaths | No. of injured | Suspected causes from print media | |
1 | Ronald Ngara Street, Nairobi CBD, Nyamakima | Five storey commercial building | 24th June 2006 | 20 | 35 | Inadequate curing |
2 | Kiambu town | Three storey commercial building | 19th October 2009 | 11 | 14 | Structural failure and materials |
3 | Kiambu town | Rental residential building | January 2010 | 3 | 4 | Heavy down pour |
4 | Mulolongo, Nairobi | Six storey building | 9th June 2012 | 4 | 15 | Substandard material, lack of proper supervision, inappropriate foundation design for water logged area |
5 | Langata, southern bypass, Nairobi | Langata Southern Bypass building | 20th June 2011 | None | 6 | Use of poor quality sand for beams and columns |
6 | Mosocho in Kisii County | One-storey building | 7th May 2012 | None | 3 | Heavy rains, cheap and poor quality materials |
7 | Ngara, Nairobi City | One storey building under construction | 30th July 2011 | None | 5 | Poor workmanship, Owner ignored construction standards |
8 | Makupa, Mombasa County | Four storey building | April 09, 2009 | 3 | 7 | Cracks and weak building |
9 | Luanda, Vihiga, Western Kenya | Three storey building | September 2011 | 3 | 5 | Heavy rains. Lack of involvement of Structural engineer and poor concrete mix |
10 | Westlands, Nairobi | Seven storey building | May 2012 | Unknown | 2 | Increase of number of floors from approved 3 to 5. Structurally unsound. |
11 | Kasarani, Nairobi | Residential buildings | 5th February 2012 | None | 6 | Large spans between the beams and columns, weakening the structure, weak materials |
12 | Embakasi, Pipeline estate | Six storey building | June 2011 | 2 | 6 | Poor workmanship and use of substandard materials |
13 | Matigari Building along Thika Road near Mathare North | Not reported | 9th Sept 2011 | Not reported | Not reported | Poor workmanship and poor materials |
14 | Kisumu | Six storey building | 16th Jan 2013 | 7 | 35 | Poor workmanship, lack of columns on the side adjacent to existing building |