Review on the State of Construction Industry

in Kenyan Cities
Summary
Housing demand on the rise
Rural-urban migration
Rapid urbanisation
Population growth
Results
Collapse building cases on the
rise
Emergence of slums
Remedy
Reinforce existing suspicious buildings
Develop low-cost construction materials/ technologies
for sustainable co-development

Date

Cases of building collapse around Kenyan

cities
(
Source: Daily Nation Newspaper, 2 May 2016)
Description
Location
Casualties
nd

28/4/16

Wall collapse

Lenana Road
-Nairobi

3 dead
Several injured

9/3/16

4- Storey building

Zimmerman Nairobi

None (Already
vacated)

11/5/15

Perimeter wall

South B - Nairobi

10 dead

2/4/15

Building behind TRM

Roysambu Nairobi

Several dead +
injuries

4/1/15

6 storey building

Huruma - Nairobi

5 dead

17/12/14 5-storey building (partly

occupied)

Kaloleni
-Mombasa

7 dead

9/6/12

Mlolongo - Nairobi 3 dead

Building under
construction

Cases of building collapse around Nairobi

area

Probable Topics

A Study on Retrofitting Mechanisms

for Structurally Deficient Buildings in
Developing Countries
A Study on Novel-type Structural
Systems for Low-cost housing in
developing Countries.