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Kenyatta Avenue previously Delamere Avenue in 1960s. [File, Standard]
Nairobi's true name ought to have been resilience. It is like that unwanted love child that defies the circumstances of its birth, fights off diseases and catastrophes, at times walking out of its predicaments to confront the very guardians who dismissed it as an outcast.
For 136 years, Nairobi which started off as a collection of workshops and yards has been testing the patience of the city fathers with its mountains of garbage, army of rats, shanty houses as well as landlords who build, then plan later.
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