Owner of collapsed Kenyan building denies manslaughter charges

The owner of a building which collapsed in Kenya’s capital - Nairobi in April, has been charged with 52 counts of manslaughter.  

Samuel Karanja Kamau denied the charges at Nairobi’s High Court and is due to appear at a bail hearing today.  

The six-storey building, which had been declared unfit for human habitation, was in the city's Huruma district and collapsed after heavy rain.

Three people were taken into custody after the collapse.    

BBC