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One body retrieved from collapsed South C building

By The Standard January 05, 2026

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One body retrieved from collapsed South C building

Authorities have retrieved one body from the collapsedSouth C buildingin Nairobi as the search for a second victim continues.The body was recovered at about 2 pm on Sunday, January 4, as rescue teams pressed on with the operation.Ambulance carrying one body retrieved from the collapsed South C storey building escorted out of the sceneVideo by Benard Orwongopic.twitter.com/9HM15THlnU— The Standard Digital (@StandardKenya)January 4, 2026The recovery effort entered its third day on Sunday, with emergency teams from the Nairobi County Government, the Disaster Management Unit, and the Kenya Red Cross stationed along Muhoho Avenue in South C since Friday morning.Follow The Standard
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on WhatsAppThe retrieval was briefly stopped following the recovery to allow the body to be removed from the scene before the exercise resumed.Speaking to the press earlier in the day, Assistant Inspector General of PoliceDr. Duncan Ochieng, the operations commander, stated thatthe search operationwas approximately 65 percentcomplete.This is a developing story and is being updated…Follow The Standard
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The body was recovered at about 2 pm on Sunday, January 4, as rescue teams pressed on with the operation.Ambulance carrying one body retrieved from the collapsed South C storey building escorted out of the sceneVideo by Benard Orwongopic.twitter.com/9HM15THlnU— The Standard Digital (@StandardKenya)January 4, 2026The recovery effort entered its third day on Sunday, with emergency teams from the Nairobi County Government, the Disaster Management Unit, and the Kenya Red Cross stationed along Muhoho Avenue in South C since Friday morning.Follow The Standard
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on WhatsAppThe retrieval was briefly stopped following the recovery to allow the body to be removed from the scene before the exercise resumed.Speaking to the press earlier in the day, Assistant Inspector General of PoliceDr. Duncan Ochieng, the operations commander, stated thatthe search operationwas approximately 65 percentcomplete.This is a developing story and is being updated…Follow The Standard
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on WhatsApp

Ambulance carrying one body retrieved from the collapsed South C storey building escorted out of the sceneVideo by Benard Orwongopic.twitter.com/9HM15THlnU— The Standard Digital (@StandardKenya)January 4, 2026

The recovery effort entered its third day on Sunday, with emergency teams from the Nairobi County Government, the Disaster Management Unit, and the Kenya Red Cross stationed along Muhoho Avenue in South C since Friday morning.Follow The Standard
channel
on WhatsAppThe retrieval was briefly stopped following the recovery to allow the body to be removed from the scene before the exercise resumed.Speaking to the press earlier in the day, Assistant Inspector General of PoliceDr. Duncan Ochieng, the operations commander, stated thatthe search operationwas approximately 65 percentcomplete.This is a developing story and is being updated…Follow The Standard
channel
on WhatsApp

The retrieval was briefly stopped following the recovery to allow the body to be removed from the scene before the exercise resumed.Speaking to the press earlier in the day, Assistant Inspector General of PoliceDr. Duncan Ochieng, the operations commander, stated thatthe search operationwas approximately 65 percentcomplete.This is a developing story and is being updated…Follow The Standard
channel
on WhatsApp

Speaking to the press earlier in the day, Assistant Inspector General of PoliceDr. Duncan Ochieng, the operations commander, stated thatthe search operationwas approximately 65 percentcomplete.This is a developing story and is being updated…Follow The Standard
channel
on WhatsApp

This is a developing story and is being updated…Follow The Standard
channel
on WhatsApp

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