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This is a new Mosquito breeding pond in Nairobi
Sunday September 20 2020
By Brian Wasuna
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IN SUMMARY
The building was expected to have been completed by the end of last year.
The project that was to cost at least Sh20 billion has long stalled.
Water and debris have filled up an excavation that had been dug to accommodate a four-level basement.
A front-facing banner conceals the massive hole but parts of the site are unfenced.
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It started as an ambitious project to build Africa’s tallest building but three years after a launch attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, all there is at the site is a massive gaping hole posing danger to lives and property in Nairobi’s Upper Hill.
Had things gone according to plan, today an imposing structure known as The Pinnacle would be standing tall along Upper Hill Road, with concrete, glass and steel being piled up to push it towards a breath-taking 300-metres, dwarfing every building ever erected on the continent — including Johannesburg's 234-metre.
Africa’s tallest building dream now lies in ruins
Sunday September 20 2020
By Brian Wasuna
More by this Author
IN SUMMARY
The building was expected to have been completed by the end of last year.
The project that was to cost at least Sh20 billion has long stalled.
Water and debris have filled up an excavation that had been dug to accommodate a four-level basement.
A front-facing banner conceals the massive hole but parts of the site are unfenced.
Advertisement
It started as an ambitious project to build Africa’s tallest building but three years after a launch attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta, all there is at the site is a massive gaping hole posing danger to lives and property in Nairobi’s Upper Hill.
Had things gone according to plan, today an imposing structure known as The Pinnacle would be standing tall along Upper Hill Road, with concrete, glass and steel being piled up to push it towards a breath-taking 300-metres, dwarfing every building ever erected on the continent — including Johannesburg's 234-metre.
Africa’s tallest building dream now lies in ruins
