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Ghost town reawakens

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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