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From Nairobi’s Kibera Slums to ‘Canaan’

From Kenya Environmental & Political News Weblog Wed 23 Sep, 03:59 am

Photo: Jane Some/IRIN Pius Okello points at the entrance of his new home At least 1,300 slum dwellers from Kibera – Nairobi’s largest informal urban settlement – have been moved to new blocks of flats under a slum-upgrading programme. “I can’t believe I have left Kibera for good! My new home is so clean, we have a [...]
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