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What the future holds for Lamu Old Town as new port opens

An old building in Lamu.[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Lamu Old Town’s alleys, sandwiched by classical buildings, are painfully narrow.

An encounter with a donkey on these pathways is the norm; it is as though the pathways were built to accommodate only the slow-ridden animals.

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