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On patrol with machetes, Kenya's slum residents hustle for security

Issac Muasa decided to give up his life of crime on Kenya's streets in the instant he saw a speeding police car aim for him and his friends as they tried to snatch a woman's purse.

"It was God who saved us (from the police) because we just ran very fast," said Muasa, 33, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt.

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