Two killed, many trapped as building collapses in Kakamega

 SHABAN  MAKOKHA

By SHABAN MAKOKHA
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At least two people have been confirmed dead after a two-storey building under construction collapsed at Butali market in Kakamega.

An unknown number of other workers are trapped under the rubble following the Thursday midmorning incident.

Villagers, Kenya Red Cross workers and personnel from the county’s fire department are battling to save lives at the site whose developer disappeared immediately the tragedy truck.

Wilbroda Sindani, a resident, claimed a woman, who sells food to workers at the construction site, has been making phone calls claiming she is trapped in the rubble.

The building came down at about 9am on

The building came down at about 9am on Thursday. PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NATION MEDIA GROUP


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