Summary
ln Kenya, on February 29th, happend collapses of buildings and at least 42 people were died. Many of houses are substandard or built on unsafe grounds. On that day, the six-storey building collapsed. According to a local Military Police, it was built less than 5m from a river, when it should have been at least 30m away. The National Construction Authority said it had marked the buildings as unfit for habitation, but that the local government had failed to follow up to national government. In Nairobi, a lot of people live in low-income areas or slums. So, housing is in high demand, but unscrupulous developers often bypass regulations. They are need to improve rules and ways of constructions.
Opinion
What can Japan do for Kenya? I think Japan should send people to Kenya, and help to build new houses. But, not only sending people but also teaching ways of buildings to people there. In Japan, earthquakes often occurs. So, Japan has a lot of advanced skills of resistant buildings. And it is effective that raising funds and send clothes and food. The local government should follow up the saying of the national government to protect people safe. If do so, the local government may be able to get the subsidy from the national government. The standard of living of people in Kenya will raise.