Rescue workers pulled out a one-year-old girl from the rubble of a building in Kenya's capital on Tuesday more than three days after it collapsed following days of heavy rain.

“Good news!” Kenya Red Cross said. “A child aged about one and half years rescued alive at 0400 hours (0630 IST) and referred to Kenyatta National Hospital.”

The collapse of the building was the latest such disaster in a fast expanding African city that is struggling to build homes fast enough.

Others live in slightly better off but still poor districts, like Huruma, where concrete buildings have risen rapidly amid potholed roads and ropey power supplies. Heavy rains have caused other collapses in Nairobi but without such high death tolls.

Governments have struggled to provide basic infrastructure and bureaucratic processes to ensure planning rules are met.

Five people are to appear in court today to face manslaughter charges over the incident.