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Nakuru joins race for the skies after elevation to city status

Highway Towers is one of the modern high-rise buildings in the Nakuru central business district. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

Nakuru City is undergoing rapid transformation as architectural masterpieces keep emerging.

For a long time, buildings never rose beyond 10 floors, and the building code reflected the shaky ground caused by active tectonic activity below.

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