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Locals que with their empty jerricans in search of Water at Kisauni in Mombasa County on Friday,013th April,2018. Mombasa County experiences acute constant shortages and rationing. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]
It’s 3.30am. Karisa silently steps out of his shanty and quietly disappears into the darkness. He is dashing to a nearby mkokoteni yard to hire a handcart before he hurtles to a water kiosk.
It is a beehive of activity at one of Mombasa’s main water vendors at Tononoka area as tens of handcarts queue for the precious but scarce commodity.
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