As churches are demolished in China, the Chinese are building them elsewhere

Close to the Holy Family Minor Basilica, Nairobi’s Catholic cathedral, a team of Chinese engineers can be seen directing work on a building site.

The team has been commissioned by the archdiocese to build a four-storey underground car park at a cost of £7 million ($9 million). The same engineers have already overseen the building of an ultra-modern 9-storey office block, the Cardinal Otunga Plaza (pictured), named in memory of Kenya’s first cardinal, Maurice Michael Otunga – a project that cost about £9 million ($11.5 million).