Owner of collapsed Huruma building charged with 52 counts of manslaughter

Police officers and rescue teams at the scene of the Huruma buidling that collapsed in April. (Photo: File/Standard)

Nairobi: Samuel Karanja Kamau, the owner of the house that collapsed in Nairobi’s Huruma estate was Tuesday charged with 52 counts of manslaughter and four other counts related to the construction of the building.

Kamau appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Joyce Ngandani and denied all counts.