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Bury the dead in your farms, cemeteries are full, public told

Kenya: From a distance, tens of wooden crosses transverse the vast ground covered with bushes and wreaths in equal proportions. On one end, a herd of cattle and donkeys feed on the rising bushes as a group of mongrel chase each other howling and barking.

In another corner a group of children play hide and seek, oblivious of the ‘smell of death.’ They scream, shout and play.

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