When the huruma building fell, it took 7 days for the rescue and recovery mission to complete on the 7 storey building
Now we talking, a storey a day
What if, and God forbid, a 30-storey house fell …would we use 30days
And if it were in the CBD, a year?
Lets stop baseless praise, lets examine the flaws of our rescue process
Is it equipment, is it skill?
or is it kenyanism
KENYANISM, period. Earthquakes have a cycle of 100yrs. The Question is, in Colonial Kenya, when did Nairobi experience it’s first major Earthquake?
We build one thats more robust 
thie ukimiaga
Point noted, however you also need to know they move slow because they can’t use heavy tools to move the slabs just in case someone is in a bad position and the move may be detrimental. They instead have to rely on sensitive techniques to locate people and devise ways to extract them which take time. Preservation of life is exercised over speed of the search however as you say, improve speed but maintain life preservation techniques.
Every disaster is a learning opportunity. and i hope after everything they will retreat somewhere for a debrief and review so that they agree on where they could have done better and how. The Israeli are said to be very efficient but you notice they have had many years to practice their procedures…
To a casual observer, the first thing we need to look at is accessibility. That means adherence to zoning and physical planning laws and regulations. The haphazard manner in which some of these are put up would make it very difficult ft emergency services to gain access to those who need the services.
Halafu kitambo kuna kitu nilikuwa nasikia ikiitwa plot ratio. What happened to that? Siku hizi unapata plot imejengwa from beacon to beacon and when it rains there’s no allowance for some of the water to seep into the ground as intended. Net effect? Our underground aquifers don’t get replenished as they should and soon our boreholes begin to dry up.
Wasnt the case of the 911 twin towers tumbling worse? …at this rate, we could still be on recovery efforts
slow
whats the point of being delicate while all it achieves is cuter corpses? if you are stuck down there with a slab severing your leg or arm …you start rotting …blood gets infected you die …but if you are rescued in good time, you would survive with an amputation
I am not doctor, but i am also not dense
in the previous building collapses, nobody bothered with removing the rubble like it happened in Huruma. For the 1st time, they literally, removed slab after slab. In the previous collapses, the trapped people were left to die pole pole after 2 days hivi when the rescue team picked low hanging fruits. It surprised me that this time they removed every slab, meaning, County govt is on the right track. County govt should go a step further and stop construction of substandard housing before they become a death trap. True, earthquakes have a 100 year cycle and the last major earthquake hit Kenya in the 1920s . My grandmother tells me the earthquake shook of large trees to the ground, by then there were no storeyed structures. In the next 10 years or so, meteorologists should prepare for earthquake disasters before they happen. In Haiti, the 2010 earthquake killed 300,000 people because the local govt was corrupt and let developers come up with substandard buildings.
How about surviving with a crushed head? Ama we will also amputate the head?
???geologists, perhaps?
I believe time is of essence when it comes to the injured and bleeding. Hiyo theory ya kucrush watu ninaona i uongo. the process can be faster for smaller buildings.
Wangesema tu with the availed equipment and personnel it couldnt be faster. but they cant admit that.
Twin towers took years to clear and months to put out fire i think.
Was there sufficient space to bring in more equipment really?