The land designated for the construction of Kenya's tallest building, the Pinnacle Tower, is now up for auction.

This follows a commercial court's decision permitting a local bank to sell the land through a public auction, effectively halting Nairobi's aspirations of hosting Africa's tallest building.

According to a notice published in one of the local dailies, the land that was set to host the tallest building has been put on sale and interested bidders were invited to submit their bids for the purchase.  ''All that parcel of land known as L.

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