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'We held hands waiting to die': Father recounts horror of Mathare fire

Residents of Mathare Kosovo slum in Nairobi in the last minute rush to salvage properties and rebuild houses, after fire gutted the area on the night of Christmas eve (December 24, 2017). [David Njaaga, Standard]

When George Omondi went to bed with his wife and child in their iron-sheet home in Mathare B, Nairobi on Sunday night, he expected nothing more than a restful sleep.

But by midnight, his world had turned into a nightmare.

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