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The making of Nairobi city from marsh land to Metropolis

Torr's Hotel at Kenyatta Avenue and Kimathi Street junction, 1950s. [File, Standard]

Back in the days when there was no capital city in Kenya and cash was scarce, the government went on a borrowing mission.

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