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Stolen mosquito nets leave families exposed

BY BONIFACE GIKANDI

NAIROBI, KENYA: Some of the 11 million mosquitos bed nets donated to public health centres are often stolen and put to strange, but very innovative use—some are used to make wedding gowns, while others are used as coffin linings or mesh barriers in the backyard vegetable patch. 

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