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Westgate Mall, Nakumatt Ukay targeted for demolition

Westgate Mall [Photo: Edward Kiplimo]

The bulldozer will not be kept in the garage. Not yet. It is expected to bring down six more iconic buildings as the exercise to reclaim wetlands and riparian zones in Nairobi continues.

Around 4,000 structures are set to go down. A building housing Java in Kileleshwa and the multi-million shilling Southend Mall along Lang’ata Road have been reduced to rubble. This is proof that the Nairobi River Regeneration Task Force means business.

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