Overview
- Rescue teams remain at the scene after the building collapsed on Friday, and officials say they have contacted some people believed to be trapped under the rubble.
- Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen reported seven people are missing and said the 67 construction workers who were on site were accounted for and mostly uninjured.
- Nairobi police chief Issa Mohamud announced an investigation and said authorities will pursue criminal charges if the probe finds safety or regulatory breaches.
- Local reporting and images showed a large dust cloud over the site, large crowds gathering and reports of looting at ground-floor and basement shops where some missing people may have been.
- The accident underlines safety concerns in Nairobi's fast-growing high-rise sector, which has seen repeated building failures and is likely to draw calls for stricter inspections and enforcement.