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Nairobi’s thirsty slums enjoy free water for the first time

Damaris Kemunto, (left), and Maureen Auma, (right) at a water kiosk run by Shofco at Gatwekera in Kibra. To ward off Covid-19, the government and philanthropists are pumping millions of litres into Nairobi's informal settlements. [David Njaaga, Standard]

At Kamukunji Grounds in Kibra, just behind Olympic Primary School as you cross the disused railway into Kisumu Ndogo, a tangle of green water pipes briefly appears before disappearing under the muck.

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