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Viewing cable 06NAIROBI342, UPDATE: NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06NAIROBI342 2006-01-25 12:53 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Nairobi
VZCZCXYZ0004
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHNR #0342/01 0251253
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 251253Z JAN 06
FM AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9156
INFO RUEHDS/AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA PRIORITY 8152
RUEHDR/AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM PRIORITY 4427
RUEHDJ/AMEMBASSY DJIBOUTI PRIORITY 3934
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA PRIORITY 1093
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 1845
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS PRIORITY 1828
RHMFIUU/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL//CCJ-3E/CCJ5// PRIORITY
RHMFISS/CJTF HOA  PRIORITY
UNCLAS NAIROBI 000342 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SAID FOR DCHA FOR WGARVELINK; USAID FOR DCHA/OFDA, 
GGOTTLIEB MMARTY, IMCNAIRN; USAID FOR AFR/EA, JBORNS; 
LONDON AND PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHERS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID MASS PREL AMGT ASEC KE
SUBJECT: UPDATE: NAIROBI BUILDING COLLAPSE 
 
REF: A. NAIROBI 327 
     B. NAIROBI 326 
 
1. SUMMARY: Rescue efforts at the scene of the collapsed 
multi-story building in central Nairobi continue, with 14 
confirmed deaths, 107 injured, and an unknown number missing. 
 While the government announced there is little hope of 
finding more survivors, and that the Israeli rescue team will 
conclude its mission January 26, Post continued to support 
the effort with personnel and equipment and plans to do so 
for at least another day.  Amid allegations of impropriety in 
the construction approval process for the collapsed building, 
the government suspended four Nairobi City Council members 
pending investigation.  END SUMMARY. 
 
MORE DEATHS, SURVIVORS UNLIKELY 
------------------------------- 
 
2.  Confirming the number of deaths, Kenyan Government 
Spokesman Alfred Mutua acknowledged that, as of mid-day 
January 25, there was scarce hope of finding more survivors, 
although approximately 48 hours after the building collapsed, 
the government has not redesignated the rescue mission as a 
recovery effort.  With the number of injured and rescued 
reported at 107, 39 of whom remain in the hospital, the 
number of missing remained unclear.  The last reported 
survivor to be removed from the debris was during the day on 
January 24.  Mutua noted that voices of survivors heard on 
January 24 morning had faded.  Reports praised the Israeli 
military search and rescue team's ability to establish 
control over the site upon their arrival on January 24.  This 
was in contrast to criticism of the Kenyan emergency 
response, which a Nation editorial decried as "shameful," 
adding that needless deaths may have occurred because the 
official reaction was neither prompt nor efficient.  Visiting 
the site on January 24, President Kibaki pledged to procure a 
supply of rescue equipment for the country. 
 
ISRAELI-LED MISSION RUNNING SMOOTHLY 
------------------------------------ 
 
3.  Post continued to provide support to the Israeli-led 
rescue effort, although the government of Kenya did not make 
any further specific requests for assistance.  With mission 
members on-site overnight, the United States facilitated 
round-the-clock work through the use of Post generators and 
lights.  In addition, U.S. Navy Seabees are working with 
Kenyan and Israeli personnel removing rubble.  Along with the 
equipment and supplies already delivered (Ref A), Post 
provided 20 oxygen tanks to Kenyatta Hospital on January 25. 
Post obtained USD 15,000 in funding from USAID's Office of 
Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). 
 
4.  Interagency and international, Post's disaster response 
was widely acknowledged in the Kenyan media and by officials 
during the Ambassador's January 25 visit to the disaster 
site.  The Ambassador will return to the location  for a 
remembrance ceremony January 26, which will also mark the 
beginning of the phase-out of the Israeli search and rescue 
mission.  In addition to the 16 U.S. Seabees, Post will keep 
staff-members on-site, working closely with Kenyan, Israeli, 
and British teams, at least until January noon 26. 
 
GOVERNMENT VOWS TO CRACK DOWN 
----------------------------- 
 
5.  Following reports that there had earlier been warnings, 
including articles in the press weeks ago, that the building 
was likely to collapse from shoddy construction, Local 
Government Minister Musikari Kombo announced January 24 that 
he had suspended four members of the Nairobi City Council. 
He ordered an investigation into alleged impropriety in the 
authorization of the collapsed building's construction. 
Kombo added that he would initiate legislation to regulate 
building and ensure the structural integrity of future 
construction. 
 
6.  In his January 25 statement, Spokesman Mutua announced 
the establishment of an interministerial team to investigate 
other buildings in the city that may also be vulnerable. 
Mutua also noted that although the entire structure had not 
folded on January 23, the remaining portion would be 
demolished, at the owner's expense, as would the building 
under construction next door.  He was earlier quoted as 
having confirmed that inadequate building materials and poor 
construction technique caused the disastrous accident. 
BELLAMY