Kenya: Alarm as Building Sinks in Kinoo

There was alarm in Kinoo, Kiambu County on Friday after an incomplete building partially sank into the ground.

In a clip taken by a resident and widely shared on social media, the building can be seen teetering as locals watch.

Residents cautioned as a six-storey building halfway collapses in Kinoo estate in the outskirts of Nairobi pic.twitter.com/8khsChXCsC

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The structure has not collapsed, although residents fear that it could soon do so.

Authorities say no construction workers are trapped in the building located near Kinoo shopping centre.

“The building is sinking. No one was inside at the time,” Kiambu police boss Ali Nuno told nation.africa.

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