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Jobs are there in Kenya - they just aren’t good enough

They sit all day under the scorching sun, sometimes bare chested, doing little else but pounding.

With every thud of a sledge hammer, their muscles swell, stretching their skin out.

Sweat trickles down their faces, mixing freely with the soot that breaks free once paint-coated metals are heated. Acrid smells surround them.

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