Inside mysterious death of street families in city

18 year old street girl Shelvin Nasimiyu at the Made in The Street home in Eastleigh Estate, Nairobi on February 4, 2026[Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Inside the squeezed compound, hemmed in by concrete walls, a group of boys play football barefoot, their feet kicking up as if this narrow space were a stadium.

For a moment, it was easy to forget where we were. The street children were conspicuously jovial and in high spirits, unperturbed by the heating afternoon sun.