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Grave matters: A city with almost no burial plots left

A section of Lang'ata Cemetery in Nairobi. [David Njaaga, Standard]

Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, is facing a grave problem. It has run out of space for both the living and the dead.

Previous attempts by senior politicians and government officers to address the problem have killed careers and dispatched some to an early grave. 

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