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One by one, city’s death traps come tumbling down

A National Youth Service bulldozer brings down one of the unsafe residential buildings in Mathare Area One, Nairobi yesterday. (PHOTO: BEVERLYNE MUSILI/ STANDARD)

Demolition of unsafe buildings in Nairobi commenced yesterday.

This was after the lapse of a seven-day grace period issued earlier by Governor Evans Kidero.

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