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Doom and gloom loom large as Nairobi’s green spaces shrink

Aerial view of Nairobi CBD on Thursday, April 1, 2021.[Boniface Okendo,Standard]

There’s been widespread concern in Kenya over the shrinking of green spaces in Nairobi, the capital city.

Most recently, there was uproar over the construction of the Nairobi expressway. This resulted in the felling of hundreds of trees, though protests managed to save the life of one 100-year-old fig tree.

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