Approval lapses…blame games: How 18-storey Eastleigh building came tumbling down
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Construction engineers are calling it “a pancake collapse.” When the 18-storey building came tumbling down in Eastleigh on the afternoon of 24th October, a predictable sequence followed. Complete with blame games over who in the construction chain dropped the ball.
Nairobi City County is on the spot over building approval lapses that could be behind a series of construction tragedies across the capital.
It is a tragedy that could have been averted. By his own admission, Nairobi City County Governor Johnson Sakaja confirmed the construction of the 18-storey building had not been approved.
