A section of the Sh379 million County Assembly block came tumbling down some minutes to 6 pm yesterday evening. The building was under construction, several people are feared trapped in the rubble.
So far, two workers were rescued and rushed to Nyamira County Referral Hospital. Hundreds of Nyamira residents had arrived at the scene, hampering rescue efforts, following the news of the collapse.
Police officers had difficult times trying to prevent the residents from accessing the building. Some even risked their lives as they watched the rescue efforts from inside the collapsed building.
Moments later, Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo and County Commissioner Amos Mariba arrived at the site and started coordinating the rescue mission.
“There were several workers at the construction site at the time the building collapsed,” said a resident.
At the time the part of the building came down, three floors of the five-story building had already been completed and the fourth one was in its final stages of construction.
