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Nairobi Slum Dwellers Feel Let Down by the ‘Promised Land’
Wacera Ngunjiri |
A scheme to replace shanties with newly constructed housing for the poor was undermined by bad economics and a lack of trust.
Wacera Ngunjiri
Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, housing more than 250,000 of the 2.5 million slum dwellers in the city of 4 million.
A scheme to replace shanties with newly constructed housing for the poor was undermined by bad economics and a lack of trust.
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