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Parallel economy: Illegal vendors make millions as residents dance with death

On-going construction of the Kibera-Langata link road that divides Kibera Slums in Two.[Stafford Ondego, Standard]

In Nairobi’s informal settlements, rogue civil servants in cahoots with unscrupulous traders hold ultimate power.

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