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Pipeline Estate's 24-hour economy

Pipeline Estate [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

It is about 2 a.m., and there is no sign of quiet life in Pipeline, where nocturnal activities have peaked.

With booming music from several churches, bars, and hotels still filled with patrons, boda boda operators zoom from one direction to another, manoeuvring through the labyrinth that defines Pipeline-a densely populated informal settlement in Nairobi's Eastlands.

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