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Nairobi’s iconic Khoja Mosque

By JAMES WANZALA

At the junction of Nairobi’s Moi Avenue and the beginning of River Road, stands a three-storey iconic stone building. Many call it Khoja Mosque, but its actual name is Nairobi Town Jamatkhana, meaning “prayer house or mosque”.

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