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Where there is muck, there is plentiful brass

BY MICHAEL ORIEDO

A stony terrain and closely packed shanties welcome one to Mathare. As one navigates through tiny pathways in the expansive informal settlement, the thought of residents engaging in any kind of farming for their subsistence is remote.

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