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Gambling takes villagers in Mombasa, Kilifi by storm

Children gambling outside a shop in Mtwapa town.

A brawl breaks out between two schoolboys in a narrow dusty alley in Mikanjuni slum, Mtwapa, along the Mombasa-Malindi road. They are fighting over an unpaid Sh20 debt.

One boy loaned the other money to place a bet in one of the many betting machines in the area, with the understanding that he would pay back with an additional Sh10 as interest. He loses and they fight.

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