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Tosha: No more painful search for water

Herman Birgham

NAIROBI, KENYA: Water is life and the driving force of all nature, yet 41 per cent of Kenyans are unable to access running water and are forced to walk miles in search of the precious commodity.

It is worse in arid and semi-arid rural areas where women have to walk for miles carrying containers on their backs and heads looking for water.

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