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NSSF scales down Hazina Towers to 15 floors instead of 39

Nakumatt Lifestyle along Morktar Daddah Street taken on October 27, 2016: Photo: Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard)

Hazina Trade Towers will not feature in the league of Africa’s tallest buildings after all. The National Social Security Fund says it would complete the building at its current height owing to structural weaknesses that cannot support the initial planned of 180 metres.

The building, which houses the Nakumatt Lifestyle outlet, is currently on the 15th floor even though it was expected to go up to the 39th floor.

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