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How Samson and Delilah built their
Walling for the ground floor starts Now that the foundation, complete with a ground floor slab was in place, it was time to put up walls. Samson and Delilah agreed that it was not yet time to borrow. So they
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Good properties of BAMBOO IN CONSTRUCTION
In the last issue, I wrote about sugarcane bagasse, sisal, cactus, cotton and bamboo as very useful species in building construction. In the next issues, I will be discussing the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of each plant that
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WHAT USE WERE ‘MIJINDA’ HOUSES? WHY HAVE THEY BEEN DISCARDED?
Omujinda in Luganda and Runyakitara was understood as a house for temporary shelter for someone in authority who had a government duty to perform around the area. Built by colonialists before the independence of Uganda in 1962, they look too