Cartels paradise: Why Nairobi buildings collapse while government looks away

KDF officers walk past a building that collapsed in Tassia, Embakasi on November 09,2022, two days after the building collapsed. One welder who was working at the construction site was trapped inside the building. (Photo: File)

On January 10, 2026, Raphael Mwandikwa, 40, left his home in Zimmerman Estate early in the morning, heading to a construction site in Karen where he worked as a carpenter.

That day, he had promised his wife he would return home around 2 pm. But he never did.