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How women risk their lives while searching for water

Fetching water in Kaila village, Seme. A raging drought has dried up many water sources, leaving only one well. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Imagine queuing up to midnight for a single jerrican of water, sometimes with hyenas laughing from the darkness around you.

The drought has dried up swathes of Seme sub-county, prompting women and children to risk their lives late into the night in search of water.

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