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Kipande House was Nairobi’s tallest building for about two decades

Kipande House (PHOTO: ANDREW KILONZI)

NAIROBI, KENYA: Hardly a year after it was completed, Britam Towers is set to be displaced by Pinnacle Tower as not only the tallest building in Nairobi but also the entire Africa.

But did you know that Kipande House, now not easily mentioned anywhere where a conversation about heights comes up, was the tallest building in Nairobi for at about two decades?

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