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Mombasa County Government has ordered an emergency evacuation of residents and patients within a 1.2-kilometre radius of an unsafe nine-storey building scheduled for demolition on Wednesday. The operation is aimed at averting a potential disaster. The building, located on Abdel Nasser Road, has been declared structurally unsound following a multi-agency assessment that revealed severe foundational and structural damage caused by unauthorized borehole drilling that resulted in caving in of two floors. And as Timothy Kipnusu reports ,Governor Abdulswamad Sharrif Nassir, revealed that the county was compelled to act swiftly to protect lives.
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Military deployed to demolish Mombasa sinking building
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