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Nakuru ditches colonial look as city status beckons

An aerial photo of old houses and a modern building coming up in Langa Langa estate. Private developers have been forced to demolish old houses and build modern houses in the area. [Standard]

The old houses are being demolished and replaced with high rise buildings modelled into bedsitters and one bedroomed self-contained houses.

One of such estate is Langa Langa Phase One whose houses were constructed in the early sixties.

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