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Nairobi can champion climate action creatively

General view of KICC,Times Tower and CBK Pension buildings and the Nairobi expressway, Nairobi April 29, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

If you were in Nairobi in the 1990s, you know how different things are today, from transport to housing, pollution, population density, solid and waste water management.

Some estates in Eastlands were dream homes. Today, some are so dilapidated they desperately beckon private developers to replace them with apartments. It is also in the 21st Century that Nairobi witnessed a lot of buildings collapse, sometimes costing lives.

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