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Esther Wanjiku outside her demolished house at Embulbul in Ngong, Kajiado County. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]
The fire on a makeshift jiko at Esther Wanjiku’s homestead was out but the 86-year-old woman was till perched on a wooden seat next to it. Her face dry, her eyes sore red.
All night, Wanjiku was in the freezing Ngong temperatures, nine degrees, after a decision by the Kajiado County Government that left her homeless.
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