First responders work to clear debris from a collapsed building from the road of a residential building that crumbled as it was still under construction in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi on October 23, 2026. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP)

Seven people were missing after a multi-storey building collapsed mid-construction in the Kenyan capital on Friday, the interior minister said.

“Eleven shops on the ground floor and in the basement were occupied at the time of the collapse. Seven people have been reported missing,” interior minister Kipchumba Murkomen posted on X.

He added: “The rescue team has made contact with some of them, and efforts are underway to rescue those trapped in the rubble.”