Kiambu: 1 Dead, 3 Injured After Perimeter Wall Collapses In Ruaka Following Heavy Floods

• On Monday, April 22, a perimeter wall collapsed an iron-sheet residential structure in Ruaka, Kiambu county
• Governor Kimani Wamatangi confirmed the incident, stating that one person died and three others injured
• The Kiambu governor directed all tenants in the affected plot to relocate until the building's safety is ascertained

Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Kiambu - One person has been confirmed dead after a perimeter wall collapse in Ruaka, Kiambu county.

Kiambu governor Kimani Wamatangi confirmed the Monday, April 22 incident, saying three others were injured.

What Kimani Wamatangi said about the Ruaka incident

Wamatangi said the incident happened after a perimeter wall of a residential apartment collapsed on an adjacent iron-sheet residential house.

After attributing the incident to the ongoing heavy rains, the governor urged the rental house tenants to keep their homes off.

"Visited a site in Ruaka, in Kiambaa Sub County, where a section of the perimeter wall of a residential apartment collapsed on an adjacent iron-sheet residential structure due to the ongoing heavy rains, resulting in the death of one resident and injuring another," Wamatangi said.

The Kiambu governor has directed all tenants in the affected plot to relocate until the department can provide an occupational certificate attesting to the building's safety.

He said a multi-agency team will investigate the matter to assure residents of their safety.

“No one will live in these houses until we complete investigations and approve that the houses are safe for people to live in them. We have given you two hours to take important items to your houses. We will then seal the houses," he added.

How did the 4 Narok family members die?

In other sad news, grief and despair descended upon a village in Narok County following the tragic loss of four family members.

A couple and their two children were swept away by a landslide, engulfed in the devastation caused by heavy rainfall on the night of Monday, April 8.

Ololulunga police officers reported that the house of the four individuals was swept away while they were sleeping.

As reported by Ramogi FM, the heart-wrenching incident occurred in Torokiat village, Ololulunga, situated in the Narok South sub-county.