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Slum dwellers’ exodus to the promised land

By Ally Jamah

A fluorescent tube, television set, mats, a tray of eggs and empty beer bottles are gently placed on well-worn seats. Then Mr George Gitonga motions his son, Duncan Mboi, 20, to lift it one of the seats and glide through a grey door to their new home.

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