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A new three-storey building for Nyamira County Assembly has collapsed trapping a number of workers who were at the building at the time of the incidence.
The building that collapsed on Thursday, May 27, 2021 was set to house the County Assembly’s Headquarters.
During the rescue operations by the police officers and medical service providers who had arrived at the scene, three workers were removed from the building and rushed to Nyamira County Referral Hospital.
The number of those stranded under the multi-million building could not be immediately established.
However, reports alleged that at least 10 workers are feared dead.
Rescue efforts were, nonetheless, hampered by the heavy rains that pounded the area.
Eyewitnesses lamented that construction was ongoing at the time the building collapsed and that the workers couldn’t rush to safety.
The contractor had already completed two floors and was
putting the final touches on the third floor.
In March 2021, Members of Parliament withdrew a bill that had granted the National Construction Authority (NCA) power to destroy buildings in all 47 counties.
The lawmakers demanded that some sections of the
Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 be amended, especially the sections
affecting the National Construction Authority Act, 2011.
Majority Leader Amos Kimunya
raised concerns that the sections granting NCA power to pull down faulty
buildings were contentious and affected Counties, thus would require the input
of the Senate hence delaying the passage of the bill.
“Having acceded to a request by the Leader of Majority
to withdraw the sections touching on NCA and the Land Registration Act, I
direct that the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 shall proceed to Second
Reading without reference to the sections touching on the two Acts of
Parliament,” Speaker Justin Muturi ruled.
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