A couple died after a building under construction in Ruaka, Kiambu County collapsed on their house Thursday morning.
The six storey building at Old Ruaka Road came down at 3.30 am as the man and woman were asleep at their iron sheet house adjacent to the construction site.
The incident happened two months after five people lost their lives in Kirigiti near Kiambu town after a seven-storey building under construction collapsed.
The building also fell on nearby houses killing the five, among them a woman and two children.
Antony Karomo, who lost his elder brother in the Ruaka incident weeped on seeing the body.
Their three children were unhurt as they live in another house in the compound.
Watchmen who were guarding the site escaped unhurt.
Kiambu governor Kimani Wamatangi visited the scene to condole with the family.
He regretted that the county cases of buildings collapsing in the country had become common.
“We have agreed to sit down a find immediate ways of addressing this menace. We cannot continue to lose innocent lives like this,” he said.
He said initial investigations have shown the contractor did not comply with construction regulations.
Kiambu County Commissioner Joshua Nkanathan said there was little possibility of people trapped under the rubbles.
He said none was at the site at the time of the incident.
