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Jaws of poverty inside Shauri Yako slum in Embu

One of the brewing dens at Shauri Yako.  [PHOTOS: KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD]

By  MUNENE KAMAU

Embu, Kenya: The grime-filled alleys reek of urine and stale alcohol. Nothing from the structures to the non-existent infrastructure would lead anyone to imagine that the shacks are for human habitation.

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