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NMK seek more funds to protect historical sites, monuments

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World Monument Day was celebrated last week amid growing concerns that heritage sites around the globe face perilous and uncertain future due to rising sea levels and other damaging effects of climate change. According to experts, several of UNESCO world heritage sites and monuments are under severe threat of coastal erosion and floods as a […]

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Sh.497 million seawall construction in Mombasa nears completion

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The  construction of Sh.490 million seawall to protect the foundation of the historic Fort Jesus Museum in Mombasa from collapsing is almost 80 per cent complete. The structurally sound seawall is being built by the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) to prevent strong sea waves from pounding the museum’s foundation whose cliff on which the […]

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