08-11-2026

KenyaCitizen Digital

Eastleigh building: Engineer says he quit project months before collapse

Police are investigating how his details were used to register the project with the National Construction Authority (NCA) in 2025, months after he says he had walked away from the construction.The structural engineer listed as being in charge of the collapsed 18-storey building along First Avenue, Ninth Street, in Eastleigh has distanced himself from the project, telling police that he disengaged from the construction in August 2024 following a payment dispute with one of the developers.Police are investigating how his details were used to register the project with the National Construction Authority (NCA) in 2025, months after he says he had walked away from the construction.Ninth Street in Eastleigh is slowly returning to normalcy. Excavators have fallen silent, police officers are keep…

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