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Water everywhere, but not enough to drink in Mombasa

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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