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Street families and elderly feeling the pinch as temperatures drop

By Ndung’u Gachane and Phares Mutembei | 4yrs ago

Joyce Kairu, founder of Purity Elder Care Foundation light a fire inside Kamau Njuguna 95, ramshackle to keep him warm, July 6, 2021.[Mose Sammy, Standard]

As temperatures continue dropping, senior citizens and street families on the slopes of Mt Kenya are desperate. 

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