Four people have lost their lives after a sewer line under excavation collapsed in the Shauri Moyo estate in Nairobi County.

According to National Police Service (NPS) spokesperson Dr Resila Atieno Onyango, an operation is still underway at the scene.

"We have so far retrieved four bodies from the scene following the sewer line collapse," she said.

Further, she revealed that three people have been rescued and have since been attended to.

"The scene is active and the operation is ongoing led by the regional security team.”

According to the Kenya Red Cross, three individuals were rescued and taken to Mama Lucy Hospital following a joint operation involving the Nairobi City County fire brigade, NMS Ambulance, Kenya Red Cross, and Kenya Police.