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Theatres of the starkest human inequalities. That is how President William Ruto described urban centres during the official opening of the second UN-Habitat Assembly in Nairobi this month.
President Ruto's statement best captures a phenomenon that has come to be known as "unjust" cities. It refers to a situation where the majority of urban dwellers live in squalor and unhygienic conditions even as a tiny fraction of the well-to-do residents enjoy the benefits of urban life.
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