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