Old Town residents in Mombasa’s conservation area protested after a residential house said to be 200 years old was brought down. Take a survey“Most, if not all, of the high-rise buildings in Mombasa have boreholes because of the demand for water. Mombasa Old Town Conservation Organisation (MOTCO), a department within National Museums of Kenya (NMK) through its coordinator, Adulsamad Ali, said that NMK has jurisdiction in the Old Town area only. ‘’This makes it hard for us to control development outside the conservation areas of Old Town,’’ he said, adding that most historical architecture and Swahili designs are in Old Town. “There are areas outside Old Town where there are many buildings with historical and architectural significance that have also been protected by NMK.

Source: Standard Digital May 19, 2021 01:52 UTC