Omar Bankok: Man who fed Eastleigh rescuers speaks, says he spent over KSh 3.5 million in 15 days

Businessman Omar Yusuf Bankok spent over KSh 3.5 million feeding rescue workers and victims’ families for 15 days after the deadly Eastleigh building collapse.

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Omar Yusuf Bankok, the organising secretary of the Eastleigh Business Community (EBC), has revealed that he spent over KSh 3.5 million providing food and logistical support to rescue workers and victims' families following a deadly building collapse on 9th Street, Eastleigh, Nairobi.

Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, Bankok described how the response began on a Friday afternoon while he was at the mosque. A distress call from his colleague, Hassan Digale, alerting him to the collapse prompted him to board a boda boda and head straight to the scene. What he found left him shaken.

Source: Tuko