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Shortage of water worsens

Nzanze Murinzi emerges from a cloud of dust with her six-month-old daughter tightly strapped to her back and a 20-litre jerrycan of water balanced on her head.

The sun is almost overhead in Mwanya wa Bugu village. Ms Murinzi is among dozens of women and children returning home after a painful but fruitful search for water.

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