Multi-storey building collapse for Kenya

One multi-storey building wey still dey under construction, collapse dis Friday afternoon for 9th Street for Eastleigh area of Nairobi.

Rescue operation don start work immediately afta di building wey get more dan ten floors collapse.

Reports dey show several pipo fit dey trapped inside di rubble.

Afta di incident, anti-riot police use tear gas to forcefully scatta di residents wey try block di road wey lead to di scene.

Videos wey dey circulate on social media show di moment di building collapse. Some shops dey operate for di ground floor .

One witness wey follow BBC for di scene tok say people bin dey fear afta di collapse. E tok say di incident happun during busy hour, as pipo dey leave for Friday prayers.

"Na terrible incident, and everybody for di scene dey shock," e tok.

Omar Ahmed, di coordinator of di Eastleigh traders' committee, wey dey for di scene, tell BBC say di building wey collapse get around twelve floors and dem suppose open am officially soon.

E add say di shops for di ground floor dey open, and pipo dey inside wen di building collapse.

"We fit hear one mother screaming and e dey recite di Islamic declaration of faith. One boy dey shout, say, 'My brother dey inside,'" Omar tok.

E also tok say pipo dey plan to move into di building, dem bin dey look different sections, and dem dey among di pipo wey dey present wen di collapse happun.

Di full extent of di damage and any casualty still dey unknown, but emergency and rescue personnel dey for di scene.

Authorities mobilise equipment for rescue operations

Nairobi Govnor Johnson ‌Sakaja tok say rescue operation don start and dem dey try pass oxygen underground to rescue survivors.

Di govnor tok say na 16-storey building collapse on Friday and dem dey try rescue lives.

Sakaja tok say health workers and oda rescue team dey on ground to help look for di survivors and administer so dem go fit finish as soon as possible

"Na around 16-storey building but wetin concern us right now na to save lives, so we dey clear di debris. We don bring equipment: excavators and breakers, so we go fit remove di rubble. Dis one na multi-agency work KDF, NDOC, di county govment and Red Cross dey here," e tok.

"Health staff dey on standby becos we dey move into rescue operation afta we finish clearance. Na why we dey ask for small space make pipo wey dey work fit do dia work. We dey hope say we go fit clear am in di quickest time possible. We dey communicate from inside, we don dey tok of course we dey open space make oxygen dey inside, then we go fit get di estimate of wetin we need to do."

Nairobi Disaster chief officer Bramwell Simiyu tell di BBC say officials no know how many fit be inside di 13-storey building wey collapse dis afternoon for di city.

"Dem tell us say some illegal occupations dey for di lower floors of di building. Dat some pipo dey operate from dia".

Bramwell say di county don launched search and rescue operation and dey "try to mobilize equipment" at di scene in Eastleigh, Nairobi.