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How NSSF's dream of 39-storey trade centre came crashing down

Hazina Trade Centre. Construction began in 1997. [Courtesy]

Standing at 180 metres upon completion, the Hazina Trade Centre was anticipated to be the tallest building in Kenya and the third tallest in Africa, following the Carlton Centre in South Africa and the Cairo Tower in Egypt.

With an artistic impression symbolising a Maasai moran standing with his legs crossed and leaning on a spear, construction began in 1997 with an estimated cost of about Sh2 billion.

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