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Inside city parks, havens for lethal gangs and illicit lovers

A section of Jeevanjee Gardens in Nairobi, showing two patrol policeman on guard.

On a chilly Tuesday afternoon at Nairobi’s Jeevanjee Gardens, a preacher stands on one of the paved walkways and belts out a gospel song.

His voice rises higher, accompanied by several uncoordinated dance moves. He punctuates it with outbursts, declaring that he has an urgent message from the Lord.

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