Nakumatt: 16 dead, dozens missing

I concur with every ones statements but some foreigners I know think Africans are stupid. I try to defend myself as much as possible but when some Africans do stupid things like this - locking people in burning buildings to save a few shillings then I get an epiphany and suddenly understand why they think we are stupid. Our politicians allow people to mistreat us in our own country and they still treat us like third class citizens.

How can a someone see a building burning and still insist on customers lining up to pay. As for coming up Kenyan interpreneurs eg tuskys make kenyans proud by learning from such mistake and build with customer safety considerations. If one decides to invest in kenya one must ensure that the customers safety is paramount at all times. I am sure the business was insured so the owners will get every penny they lost while many kenyans have to live with what happened.

This is really sad, our leaders are just fighting for power while MPS are busy working out ways of stealing more thru. maize, oil and other scandals. I could be wrong but someone is gonna make money out of this Nakumatt thing. we all know the role Nakumatt played in last year's violence, and now they come again, looks like they are making some human sacrifices

One can only wonder where our tax money goes to if we cannot have a well equipped fire department. As a thought, if that happened to such a store located just a stones throw away from the NCC fire department, how about if it happened at a residential area in that city? It is clear how the economics of corruption work. Such a beautiful country in such tragedy, what a shame to our leadership, that's if they ever cared.

My take on this incident is that the government needs to lay down safety rules and regulations nationwide for all types of buildings and business - from schools, hospitals, restaurants, public and private buildings etc. These regulations should provide adequate safety measures such as mandatory exit routes,frequent fire drills (mocking a real fire), fire clinics, ensure availability of fire extinguishers etc. This is a tragedy that can be avoided or atleast eliminate such great losses of life and property.