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Is your neighbourhood safe?

Kenya: Last year, Zakah, a popular entertainer was forced to change his address and move his family and studio equipment elsewhere.

Zakah, of the famed Wenyeji duo, was not sure his family was safe in Gachie.  The duo was at the centre of the hip hop renaissance of the mid-2000s. “There was always a case of robbery, car-jacking or even murder every few days,” says the artiste.

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