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Concerns as Mombasa Island gradually turns into a residential city

Some of the residential high buildings in Mombasa. May 20,2025. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

It's daybreak, and shafts of sunlight are streaming through the open floors of high-rise buildings under construction in the suburbs near Mombasa's Central Business District (CBD).

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