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Slum menace that refuses to go away, years on

By Frankline Sunday

Nairobi, Kenya: On this day in June 11, 1993, residents of an informal settlement adjacent to Nairobi’s Muthaiga Estate occupied a private plot in the area after their houses had been demolished a fortnight ago.

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