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Collecting precious raindrops

By Wangeci Kanyeki

I have been watching the rain with two conflicting emotions, joy and sorrow. Joy because it has rained, and sorrow because so much water is going to waste. Rainwater collects on the ground only for it to be absorbed back into the earth. The irony of all this is that, in many Nairobi homes, taps remain dry despite the rain pouring.

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