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Tensions escalate in Woodley as houses are set for demolition

A section of Woodley Estate. [File, Standard]

As they were supported to walk to the playground, the venue where a section of residents had gathered for a meeting, the anxiety of the elderly and frail senior citizens was evident on their faces.

For the decades they have lived in Woodley, nothing has shaken them more than the recent news that their homes are earmarked for demolition to make way for the redevelopment of the estate by the Nairobi County Government.

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