Eastleigh building: Search enters week two

Emotions ran high at the site as relatives gathered, anxiously waiting for updates on their loved ones who remain unaccounted for.

Experts leave the Eastleigh collapsed building with their locating gadgets on November 1, 2026 /EZEKIEL AMING'A

Rescue teams continued combing through the rubble of the collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, on Sunday, as the search for missing people entered its second week.

Experts were seen working through the debris as emergency response teams sought to reach the remaining sections of the structure.

Rescuers comb through the debris of the collapsed Eastleigh building on November 1, 2026 /EZEKIEL AMING'A

The operation turned tragic on Friday after rescuers recovered a woman’s body, eight days after the multi-storey building collapsed.

The building, which was still under construction, came down along 9th Street on October 23, trapping several people beneath tonnes of concrete and debris.

Source: The Star