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Can Kenya’s high-rise buildings withstand a major earthquake?

A section of Nairobi's skyline as seen from KICC. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Structural engineers usually commit to painstakingly put together fragments of materials when building, culminating into some of the most aesthetically appealing, and physically imposing skyscrapers in our cities.

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