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Anti-riot police lob teargas to people who were plotting to loot at Airgate Mall, formerly Taj Mall, during its demolition amid Government efforts to reclaim restricted land on September 15, 2018. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]
As Kenyans continue to celebrate the demolition of Taj Mall that has for a long time been the face of how protection of individual interests can mess up a country, the hard task now is figuring out who will pay for the redesign of Nairobi’s Outering Road.
Tax payers are already burdened with the Sh9.2 billion loan committed for the construction of the road after its budget was pushed up from an initial Sh7.4 million in 2015 just after construction started.
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