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New and upcoming buildings in the town. [PHOTOS:LYDIAH NYAWIRA/STANDARD]
By LYDIAH NYAWIRA
It is considered a ghost town at the heart of central Kenya and for decades everything went quiet after darkness set in — shops closed, clubs shut down and people disappeared from the streets. Save for a streetlight or two and shadows, nothing was alive.
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