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Grabbers pour cold water on efforts to upgrade City Park to international class

Citypark recreational area. ON 17/09/14 PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE

Nairobi; Kenya: Nairobi County stands to lose Sh2.6 billion meant to refurbish Nairobi City Park if wrangles between stakeholders and land grabbers do not end soon.

The 91-hectare park, which was founded in 1932, has over the years shrank to a quarter of its initial size due to grabbing. This state of affairs has put on hold a project by Aga Khan Trust for Culture aimed at raising the park to international standards.

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