Month: August 2016
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Container Housing in Kenya
Container Housing is becoming increasingly common in Kenya, with cost of constructing shooting above the roof. Containers are custom made to be 2.4m wide, which is narrow. To create better interior space, they can be added side by side to be wider. Vertical stacking. Container housing has an advantage of being able to be stacked…
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Building collapse in Nairobi, Kariobangi South
Yesterday, 3rd August 2016, a 6 storey building collapsed in Kariobangi South, Nairobi. On 1st of August 2016, 3 people died when a wall collapsed on them in Westlands along Brookside area. http://www.news24.co.ke/National/News/3-dead-as-building-collapses-in-westlands-20160802 On 22nd July 2016, 3 people died when a wall collapsed on them in Westlands near Westgate Mall. http://www.news24.co.ke/National/News/three-dead-as-wall-collapses-near-westgate-shopping-mall-20160722 In previous buildings,…
