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Call for healthy open spaces

Kenyans will forever be grateful to Prof Wangari Maathai for her campaign against land grabbing by well-connected individuals that saved places like Uhuru Park and Karura Forest.

But one would wish her environmental activism extended to other aspects of public spaces in our cities. I have in mind our streets and public infrastructure like boulevards, neighbourhood gardens, parks and libraries.

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